Egyptian Archaeology

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Good afternoon, class. Sorry about the lack of class on Friday, but mun forgot I was involved in something.

Now. I never set you a midterm, so I need to rectify that. "

Daniel turns and writes on the board:

Discuss a key site from Egypt dating from between the Old Kingdom and New Kingdom (inclusive): summarise the key evidence, the material found there and why it was important.

Turning back to the class, he smiles. "I'd suggest using Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography and the Lexikon der Ägyptologie to give you some initial bibliography. I'm sure the library has excavation reports, and those will probably be in the oversize book shelves.

Now. Your word limit is 3,000 words, and this is going to be worth 40% of your final grade, so I don't want to see anything under 2,000. You have until the start of the Thanksgiving break to hand it in."  He holds up his hand. "Before  you start to whine at me and tell me that it's not long enough; this is your only homework until Thanksgiving, and I'll be giving up the lesson time this week for you to either work quietly in here, or to come and ask me any questions you might have. I'd like for you to come along and sign in during the lessons, however, just to keep my mark book tidy.

Any questions?"

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Any questions?

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

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Re: Any questions?

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward approaches the professor. "Hey, sir. I stopped by your office a few times this past week but you were never there when I was online; I don't want my mark in this class to suffer because of my string of absences."

Re: Any questions?

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel nodded. "Damn time zones. I understand, Edward. Have you asked any of your classmates about what you missed?"

Re: Any questions?

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

He shakes his head. "Not yet, I haven't; but I was waiting to see what sort of make-up work you might assign."

Re: Any questions?

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm." Daniel flipped through his markbook, and then looked at Edward. "I'm unwilling to assign you anything further until this essay is in. How about you come and see me when you hand it in, and I can give you some make-up work to do over Thanksgiving. Does that sound acceptable to you?"

Re: Any questions?

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Um.. Da.. Doctor Jackson?" Man it was weird calling him that sometimes. "About this midterm. You, uh, wouldn't happen to be able to recommend a book about how to write proper essays, would you? I haven't written one this big since, well, a long time."

Re: Any questions?

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel rooted around in the back of his book. "Uh, there's a Newsweek Education Program (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743249348/qid=1132017918/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-1871661-9508044?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) guide, which apparently isn't too bad," he said. "I'm sure there will be others in the library. And you can always come and talk to me if you need to."

Re: Any questions?

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Okay, thanks. I'll go check the library when it's open next."