Archaeology of the Mediterranean, Egypt and Middle East MA

UCL (University College London)

Spend a year digging into the archaeology and cultural heritage of the Mediterranean, Egypt and Middle East, working with UCL’s renowned researchers. Explore UCL’s own museums and internationally-significant collections; interact with the British Museum. You’ll go away with invaluable experience and skills to forge a successful career in the public, museum and heritage sector. Students will develop an understanding of ancient societies of these regions from prehistory through to the early medieval period and of our current critical perspectives on the archaeology of these regions. A specific focus will be given to major interpretative paradigms and principal investigative techniques - from fieldwork and archaeological practice to heritage and museum studies - applied to these broader regions. Comparative perspectives across time and space are to be encouraged: the unparalleled diverse range of expertise that the Institute offers across these regions and in diverse aspects of archaeological research and practice means that students can fully benefit from that expertise, either regional and/or chronological, of members of staff. This expertise ranges from the prehistory, Iron Age, Late antiquity and Islamic period of the Mediterranean basin and Western Asia; the comparative history of ancient Greek, Roman and Chinese art; museum archaeology, disciplinary and collection history, and critical heritage studies of Egypt and Sudan; the archaeology, social history and written evidence of third and second millennium BC Egypt and Sudan, as well as critical Egyptology studies; zooarchaeology and early pastoral societies of Western Asia. This programme is particularly suitable for graduates with a first degree in: Archaeology . Anthropology. History. The Department is looking for students, with suitable archaeological experience, who want to develop their skills further if their first degree is in a cognate discipline other than archaeology (e.g. anthropology, history). If you do not have any archaeological experience, please contact the department for further advice.