Ancient civilisations

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  1. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: part 4: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 30 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Hugo Cook




    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  2. The Twelve Caesars, Emperors of Rome
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Duigan
    Discover the extraordinary lives of the first rulers of Imperial Rome. Ancient historians have given us vivid accounts of the sometimes amusing, often scandalous, but always fascinating events in their lives. Can we distinguish between 'fact’ and vicious propaganda? A visit to the British Museum is included.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  3. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  4. The Hindu Temple: an introduction
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 4 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz

    Discover more about the development, history and sacred geometry of the Hindu temple in this weekend course which includes a guided visit to a local temple.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  5. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: an introduction online
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Hugo Cook




    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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  6. Languages of the ancient Near East part 1: Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian
    Course start date:  Tue 7 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vaughan Pilikian
    This unique and wide-ranging course provides a broad introduction to the three major languages of the Ancient Near East, which together traverse a vast history of four millennia. In them were written some of the great landmarks of world literature, such as the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh, the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Sumerian Descent of Inanna.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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  7. Sumerian level 2
    Course start date:  Tue 7 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vaughan Pilikian
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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  8. Argonautica: reading group (in translation) module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 7 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nikoletta Manioti
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    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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  9. Female myths and divinities from Ancient Greece
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Maria Contos
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00
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  10. Gothic language: an introduction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Stephen Pollington
    Discover the ancient language spoken by the Goths, an ancient Germanic population from Scandinavia who settled in North-Eastern and Eastern Europe.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  11. Virgil's Aeneid reading group (in translation)
    Course start date:  Wed 15 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Justin Murray
    Discover one of the greatest works of Latin literature.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00
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  12. Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: an introduction for beginners at the British Museum
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  The British Museum

    Tutors:  Hugo Cook
    This four-week course delves into the written words and thoughts of the ancient Egyptians. Students will gain a foundation in the iconic writing of hieroglyphs, putting their newfound skills into practice by reading original texts from British Museum artefacts. This is a truly fascinating and intricate language, and it offers its readers the ability to understand the lost voices of one of history’s most remarkable civilisations. The class will be held at the British Museum.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  13. Deciphering the Rosetta Stone
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 25 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hugo Cook
    200 years after one of history’s most famous puzzles was deciphered, tour around the British Museum’s new Decipherment exhibition and learn how the mystery of Hieroglyphs was unravelled with the Rosetta Stone, with other archaeological clues, and with a bit of genius. The morning session will be held in our Covent Garden campus; after lunch you will visit the British Museum.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  14. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  15. Prostitution in Ancient Rome
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 4 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sean Gabb
    The oldest profession as practised among the Romans - not for the squeamish.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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