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This course will survey popular ?alternative? archaeology on the fringes of classics and ancient history, commonly termed ?pseudo-archaeology?. Students will use evidence-based analysis to develop critical approaches to popular media misrepresentations of the ancient world. Topics will include pyramid construction and dating methods, the search for Atlantis, ancient aliens, and creationism, among other controversies.

Practice in writing and in oral communication skills. Assignments drawn from different areas of classical scholarship: language and literature, art and archaeology, or history and civilization. For classics majors, satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement.

This course explores the development and variety of ancient urban life in the Western world from its earliest formations in the Neolithic to the Medieval town.

Taught in English. A survey of ancient Greek and Roman authors of comedy - Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Theories of comedy, ancient and modern. Modern comparisons will be drawn through use of contemporary films.

Influence of witchcraft and magic on the ancient Greeks and Romans in the context of their social, political, and religious beliefs. The relationship between ritual magic and religion, with emphasis on the nature of witchcraft and the psychology of magic. Recommended prerequisite: Classics 100, 102, or 224. (Gen Ed HS, DG)

When an inhabitant of a town or city in the Roman Empire looked around, what did they see? This course centers on the material world - things that were built, crafted, and created - to investigate how objects, social structures, and built spaces influenced and were informed by people's lived experiences. We will focus on evidence from the Roman provinces, including Britain, Egypt and Dura-Europos on the Euphrates River (modern Syria).

Archaeology of ancient Greece in Minoan-Mycenaean, Geometric, Archaic, and Classical Periods. Methods, progress, and ethics of archaeological research. Emphasis on remains displaying the architectural and urbanistic development of major cities and sanctuaries, and on their contribution to western civilization.