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Archaeology and ancient history

Offered by the School of Historical Studies
Campus availability: Clayton

Relevant degrees

  • 2429 Diploma in Arts (Archaeology and Ancient History)
  • 0002 Bachelor of Arts (and associated double degrees)
  • 3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
  • 0202 Bachelor of Letters

Archaeology and ancient history is the study and reconstruction of past societies and their evolution. This major considers material culture (art, architecture, ceramics, objects of daily use) together with social structure, religious beliefs and cultural philosophy. The study of ancient literature and documentary evidence is stressed. The focus is on the study of the cultures of Egypt, Minoan Crete, Mycenaean Greece and Classical Greece, the Estruscans and Rome. Other cultures encountered are Assyria, Babylon, Persia and the early city-states of the Near East.

Sequences

First year sequence

A first-year sequence in archaeology and ancient history consists of the units AAH1010 and AAH1020.

Minor sequence

Students complete a standard minor chosen from the units below.

Major sequence

Students complete a standard major chosen from the units listed below and including AAH3950 and preferably AAH2230/AAH3230.

Units

First-year level

Second/Third-year level

  • AAH2210/AAH3210 The Age of empires: Assyria, Babylon and Persia 900 - 331 BCE
  • AAH2220/AAH3220 Alexander the Great and his world
  • AAH2230/AAH3230 Imperial Egypt and the Mediterranean world
  • AAH2250/AAH3250 Israel in the ancient Near East: an archaeological perspective
  • AAH2260/AAH3260 Imperial Rome: a study in power and perversion in early empire
  • AAH2270/AAH3270 Israel and the ancient near east: Neolithic to middle bronze age, 8500 -1550 BCE
  • AAH2280/AAH3280 The archaeology of ancient Greek religion
  • AAH2570/AAH3570 Minoans and Mycenaeans
  • AAH2580/AAH3580 The middle kingdom in Egypt: From collapse to recovery and foreign rule
  • AAH2590/AAH3590 East meets west: The archaeology of the Indian sub-continent
  • AAH2800/AAH3800 The golden age of Athens
  • AAH2970/AAH3970 The early dynastic period and old kingdom in Egypt, 3050-2150 BCE
  • AAH2990/AAH3990 Egypt's golden age and its aftermath
  • AAH3240 Archaeology fieldwork in Tuscany
  • AAH3950 Kleopatra's Egypt (previously 'Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt')

Contact details

Enquiries to Liisa Williams, Coursework officer, W605, West Wing, Menzies building, Clayton campus

Telephone +61 3 9905 2199

Email liisa.williams@arts.monash.edu.au