<p>Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could tell me a few colleges for an Anthropology, I was looking at majoring in Archaeology and most websites said you are better off majoring in anthro and then going on from there. I'd like to do some stuff in Greece and Italy, Native American studies, or Egyptian. I saw a post for African Studies and I was wondering if what I am looking for is much different. Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>U of Chicago is the premier U for the areas you’re interested in. They do have an Archeology major. And Chicago has major ties with the Field Museum in Chicago. Wander over to the U Chicago forum to get more info.</p>
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<p>Penn would be a better fit for the OP than Temple.</p>
<p>There are very few places that offer Egyptian archaeology. Berkeley, Brown, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Penn, Penn State, UCLA, and Yale are essentially your only options. </p>
<p>You have many more options if you’re also interested in Greek/Roman archaeology. Good programs can be found at Cornell, Duke, Michigan, NYU, Princeton, UCSB, UNC Chapel Hill, UT Austin, UVA, and WUStL, among others.</p>
<p>Among LACs, your best options are arguably Bryn Mawr, Colgate, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Haverford, and Wesleyan.</p>
<p>Given your mix of interests, Boston U, Brown, and Penn are certainly your best bets.</p>
<p>Of LACs, Beloit is superb for anthro.</p>
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<p>Why is that?</p>
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To be blunt, Penn is an archaeology powerhouse and Temple is not.</p>
<p>Penn is extraordinarily strong in all aspects of archaeology, and the Penn Museum is world-renowned. Only the British Museum and Louvre can really match its Egyptian and Near Eastern collections, and its Canaanite/Israelite collection is the largest outside Israel. I am less familiar with the Native American offerings at Penn, but they’re at least decently strong from what I’ve read, including an REU at the Museum to work on Native American artifacts.</p>
<p>As a plus, Penn draws faculty members from other colleges. Philip Betancourt at Temple often teaches at Penn, for example.</p>
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<p>That’s fantastic, but your phrasing was off; that’s not what ‘fit’ is.</p>