The Journey of Writing and Scripts in Egypt

This was an interesting course which could have been presented better.
Rather than teaching us translations of various scripts and languages used throughout Egypt’s long history, we are given an overview of the development of language and quick glimpses of many samples of writing. Some are on buildings and tombs, some are on papyrus, pottery shards, metal and glass.
I was amazed at the variety of languages spoken and written over the centuries. Sometimes, several languages were spoken and/or written at the same time, with examples shown of several documents and inscriptions written in different languages side by side.
With this wealth of resources, it is sad that examples are only shown briefly, usually only for a second or two. Some images are poorly lit so they are very hard to see. In the later part of the course, I expanded the videos to full-screen so I could see the images better.
With so many dates and locations in Egypt and the Middle East mentioned, more use of maps and timelines would have been very helpful.
This course is currently archived, so a certificate is not available. The assessment items are visible, and I selected my answers and then compared them to the correct answers. It was a relief to know I would have passed the course!