This course explores the art and architecture of ancient Egypt and its continued afterlife into the contemporary era. The chronological survey will examine the materials, techniques, categories of artifacts, and conventions (of both form and subject matter) of ancient Egypt with a significant emphasis on the social, political, and religious contexts in which they were created. The rediscovery and study of ancient Egypt in the 18th through 20th centuries, the treatment of the people of Egypt as Others by the West and their embrace as ancestors by African Americans, and ethical issues related to the appropriation of this material by Westerners will be discussed as a window into our understanding of ancient Egypt. Students will approach ancient cultures through the eyes of art historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.