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The American Research Center in Egypt Georgia Chapter sponsored a four week course designed to provide a basic introduction to the history and use of hieroglyphs in Ancient Egypt. The class focused on translation and interpretation of short, easily recognizable texts such as scene captions and formulaic funerary inscriptions on private and State monuments of a religious and/or funerary nature. The class gave the students an understanding of how hieroglyphs, in conjunction with decorative elements, worked within their original context.

The text used for the class was Collier & Manley's "How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs" (British Museum Press, 1998). The Instructor was Dr. Michelle Marlar who has a BA from Baylor University in Archaeology, an MA from the University of Memphis, Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology, and a second MA and a PhD in Egyptian Art & Archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Currently, she is a full-time faculty member in the Art Department at Morehouse College and has also taught as a part-time visiting lecturer in art history within the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University. She is also the archaeological Field Director of the Osiris Temple Project in North Abydos, Egypt conducted under the aegis of the University of Pennsylvania Museum-Yale University-Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Expedition to Abydos.

The class was conducted at Emory University: Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 N. Decatur Road, Room 208 Atlanta, Georgia 30322.

The class was held on June 6, June 13, June 20, and June 27 of 2010. We had over 20 students for the class and all of the students asked for additional classes such as this.