Main group 1

• Collier, Mark; Manley, Bill, How to read Egyptian hieroglyphs: a step by step guide to teach yourself, Rev. ed., Berkeley, University of California Press, [2003]Compulsory*
• Faulkner, Raymond O., A concise dictionary of middle Egyptian, Oxford, Griffith Institute, 1962Compulsory*
• Gardiner, Alan Henderson, Egyptian grammar: being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3. ed., London, Griffith institute, 1957, pr. 1979Compulsory*
• Allen, James P., Middle Egyptian: an introduction to the language and culture of hieroglyphs, 2nd ed., rev., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010
• Borghouts, Joris Frans, Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, Leuven, Peeters, 2010 (More a reference grammar than an introduction, but useful for its wealth of detail and examples)
• Hannig, Rainer, Ägyptisches Wörterbuch.: 2 Mittleres Reich und Zweite Zwischenzeit, Mainz am Rhein, Zabern, 2006 (a detailed dictionary in German)
• Ockinga, Boyo G.; Brunner, Hellmut., A concise grammar of Middle Egyptian: an outline of Middle Egyptian grammar by Hellmut Brunner, 2nd, rev. ed., Mainz am Rhein, Philipp Von Zabern, 2005

Main group 2

• Wilkinson, Richard H., Egyptology today, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008Compulsory*

Main group 3

The grammar course that we will be following consists of the final 10 chapters of Collier, Mark 1995/2004, Middle Egyptian Course (unpublished). This will be supported by abundant handouts and exercise sheets provided by the lecturer. Besides the course handbook just mentioned, the reading list for the course consists of the following works:

• Collier, Mark; Manley, Bill, How to read Egyptian hieroglyphs: a step by step guide to teach yourself, Rev. ed., Berkeley, University of California Press, [2003]Compulsory*
• Faulkner, Raymond O., A concise dictionary of middle Egyptian, Oxford, Griffith Institute, 1962Compulsory*
• Gardiner, Alan Henderson, Egyptian grammar: being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs, 3. ed., London, Griffith institute, 1957, pr. 1979Compulsory*
• Allen, James P., Middle Egyptian: an introduction to the language and culture of hieroglyphs, 2nd ed., rev., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010
• Borghouts, Joris Frans, Egyptian: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom, Leuven, Peeters, 2010 (More a reference grammar than an introduction, but useful for its wealth of detail and examples)
• Hannig, Rainer, Ägyptisches Wörterbuch.: 2 Mittleres Reich und Zweite Zwischenzeit, Mainz am Rhein, Zabern, 2006
• Ockinga, Boyo G.; Brunner, Hellmut., A concise grammar of Middle Egyptian: an outline of Middle Egyptian grammar by Hellmut Brunner, 2nd, rev. ed., Mainz am Rhein, Philipp Von Zabern, 2005

Main group 4

• Bard, Kathryn A., An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2015Compulsory*
• Conolly, James; Lake, Mark, Geographical information systems in archaeology, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006

* Compulsory