<p>I know this is a rather specific question, but does anyone know of any good colleges or universities with a great program or class that delves into Egyptian history/art/religion? I'm just curious because I'm driven wild with fascination by that subject. I'd appreciate any answer. Thank you!</p>
<p>Brown has Egyptology for a major, they are the only place in North America to have it
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Egyptology/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Egyptology/</a></p>
<p>As brownorbust indicated, Egyptology is just about impossible to find here. However, if you look for colleges that have strong Classics, Ancient Mediterranean, and/or Middle Eastern Studies programs, you can likely find something. I've noticed that a lot of colleges with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern programs have lots of Ancient Egyptian offerings.</p>
<p>visit egypt....thats probably the best way to study ancient egypt/art. i went there 2 summers ago and the country really changes something about you. seeing those pyramids and the sphinx and the mummies and the nile and the museums and the statues and the people and the culture and and and.....its just an amazing experience.... as someone famous once said....fools try to explain it, wise men don't even try</p>
<p>Check out U of Chicago's Department</a> of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. If you are in Chicago, be sure to visit the Oriental Institute there. It's probably the city's most under-appreciated treasure.</p>
<p>Brown is NOT the only school to offer Egyptology, nor does it have the best program. There are several schools that offer Egyptology:</p>
<p>Brown[/url</a>]
[url=<a href="http://www.yale.edu/nelc/%5DYale%5B/url">http://www.yale.edu/nelc/]Yale[/url</a>]
[url=<a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/nelc/%5DU">http://www.sas.upenn.edu/nelc/]U</a> Penn
Michigan[/url</a>]
[url=<a href="http://humanities.uchicago.edu/depts/nelc/%5DU">http://humanities.uchicago.edu/depts/nelc/]U</a> Chicago
Johns</a> Hopkins
UCLA[/url</a>]
[url=<a href="http://neareastern.berkeley.edu/%5DUC">http://neareastern.berkeley.edu/]UC</a> Berkeley
NYU[/url</a>]
[url=<a href="http://www.utoronto.ca/nmc/%5DU">http://www.utoronto.ca/nmc/]U</a> Toronto</p>
<p>U Chicago easily has the best program in North America, and it covers most areas. Brown's program is also good; it is primarily a language and history program. Yale's program is very flexible, but it has a language focus. U Penn, Michigan, and Berkeley are primarily archaeology programs. Johns Hopkins has a very strong program in both language and archaeology, and students can participate in excavations. NYU (and possibly Emory) has a program built around art history and archaeology, mostly on the graduate level. U Toronto has a fairly good program, but I don't know much about it. </p>
<p>You can tell I'm a future Classics (and biology) major. Let me know if you have any more questions. :D</p>
<p>warblersrule86, it is the only one to offer Egyptology as a formalized, stand-alone major. Lots of universities and colleges offer courses, but that's the only school where you can declare it as your major.</p>
<p>Oh, I see your point...most Egyptology programs on the undergraduate level are offered as concentrations within Near Eastern Studies departments. I think the narrow focus of Brown's major is possibly a drawback rather than a strength, though.</p>
<p>all I know is Brandeis is the best school for Middle/Near Eastern Studies in the states, largest faculty and most funded program outside of the Middle Esat, I'm unsure however about their offereings in terms of Egypt.</p>
<p>Brown's definitely the place to go for all things Egypt. Plus, you have a ready made rock solid reason as to why you want to go to Brown for your interview.</p>
<p>I go to Brandeis and you're correct about the department...to a degree. It's actually the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department, so many of the professors specialize in the Judaic, as opposed to the Near Eastern part. Arabic is also really strong, though.</p>
<p>Neat interests! The links Roger and warbler listed are good, but here's a great resource:</p>