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MA Archaeology of the Mediterranean, Egypt and Middle East

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Masters Degree Description

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. 

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree in archaeology or a related subject from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

The programme is designed to enhance career prospects by giving students transferable skills attractive to employers in a wide range of businesses and sectors, such as:

  • theoretical and critical analysis
  • ability to design and carry out original research

You will also learn to solve problems and issues and to build positive working relationships.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  •  Dissertation
  •  Themes, Thought and Theory in World Archaeology: Foundations
  •  Heritage Ethics and Archaeological Practice in the Middle East and Mediterranean

Optional modules

  •  Exploratory Data Analysis in Archaeology
  •  GIS in Archaeology and History
  •  Interpreting Pottery
  •  Prehistoric Stone Artefact Analysis
  •  Managing Archaeological Sites
  •  Dispersals, extinctions, and intensification in the later Palaeolithic
  •  Resources and Subsistence
  •  Environmental Archaeology in Practice
  •  Aegean Prehistory: Major Themes and Current Debates
  •  Themes and debates in Egyptian Archaeology
  •  Digital Heritage: Applications in Heritage Management
  •  Archaeology of Buddhism
  •  Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Language
  •  Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Near East: City-States and Empires
  •  The Archaeology of the Silk Roads
  •  The Archaeology of Early Human Origins
  •  Archaeology of the Roman Empire: Current Themes and Debates
  •  Archaeology and Nationalism

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