Fayum Field School
Egypt
Summer 2010
Applications for the Fall 2009 Egypt Program are no longer being accepted.
Uncover ancient Fayum, a lush oasis in Egypt's Western Desert. Fed by a branch of the Nile, Fayum is a fertile depression with a lake at its northern edge where some of the earliest evidence of agriculture in Egypt has emerged.
The program will concentrate on the Greco-Roman town of Karanis, founded in the third century B.C. and abandoned during the seventh century A.D. The preservation of the ancient remains is excellent with a wide range of preserved archaeological materials.
The program combines teaching American students with training Egyptian archaeologists employed by the Supreme Council of Antiquities. It makes cultural exchange an integral part of your experience. Excursions to important sites in the vicinity and ethnoarchaeological assignments are also part of the training.
This program combines five weeks of field work in Egypt with five weeks of supplemental on-line instruction.