This course will examine ancient Egypt across three millennia, from the primordial mound of Creation to Old Kingdom pyramids to Cleopatra’s fatal embrace of an asp. We will share hundreds of delightful frescoes of loving families, beloved animals, and the cheerful dead. We will meet pharaohs, gods, and mummies, explore temples, read hieroglyphics, and understand why the Egyptian was ever thankful for the sun’s fertile eye and the Nile’s birthing waters.