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Summer Field Studies
Program in Egypt and Ethiopia (2004)
The
Department of Africana Studies at Tennessee State University in collaboration
with the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of Addis Ababa University, the American
Research Center in Egypt and its 45 research institutions consortium in the
United States and various United Nations Organizations in Addis Ababa is
sponsoring the 2004 Summer Field Studies Program. Students will attend a three-
day seminars at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University.
Lecture includes the newly discovered human skulls, 160,000 years old, believed
to be the direct ancestors of Homo Sapiens; see the skeleton of Dink Nash
(Lucy), 1.5 million years old female found in Southern Ethiopia; study the
history of the Ark of the Covenant and the Ark worship of ancient Egypt; the 25th
Ethiopian Dynasty : Pianki and Tahrqua. There will be tours which will include
the historic northern Ethiopia and visit Bahir Dar, the source of the Nile
River; from Bahir Dar fly to Gondar and visit the old Castle; from Gondar fly to
Lalibela to visit the 12th century Rock Hewn Churches; from Lalibela
fly to Axsum, the ancient capital city of Ethiopia and examine the world’s
tallest Stella and visit the Church of St. Mary of Zion, where the original Ark
of the Covenant believed to be placed in its sanctuary.
In Cairo,
students will attend a three- day seminars at the American Research Center in
Egypt. Lecture includes Egypt and the rest of Africa, particularly Ethiopia and
Nubia, and the primordial linkages of the Nile Valley people. From Cairo, travel
by train to Luxor, 800 miles south of Cairo for a three days research. Our
studies include the Luxor Temple and Ramses II, the Valley of the Kings and the
Queens. At the Temple in Karnak, study carefully the Opet festival depicted on
the wall to help you compare the Ethiopian Procession of the Ark of the
Covenant. From Luxor, take the Nile cruise to Aswan, three days and two nights
on the Nile River, Egypt southernmost city for a three days visit. In the Aswan
Museum study carefully the Nubian artifacts and observe the unfinished Obelisks
in the vicinity of Aswan; this will help students to compare the obelisks at
Luxor and the Stella in Aksum. Visit the Elephantine Island and the Aswan Dam.
Take a bus to Abu Simebl for a day visit. Return to Cairo for a flight to Addis
Ababa, and then to Newark.
The field
studies program will have a two week orientation here on campus and four weeks
in the field. Upon return students will have the final two weeks for their
project presentations (see syllabus).
There are three field studies courses (full summer session):
Field
Studies I AFAS 460 Independent Studies (variable credit)
Field
Studies II AFAS 412 Classical African Civilization
Field
Studies III AFAS 360 African Extended Family
Student can take one or more courses. For more information contact Wosene Yefru,
Program Director at 615-963-7462/5561; e-mail
Wyefru@tnstate.edu or visit our international Web Site at
http://www.arce.org/institutions.htm
and find Tennessee State University
Download the
Summer Field Studies Program
Document
(Adobe PDF Format) in its entirety.
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