This seminar course allows advanced graduate students the opportunity to investigate in detail the archaeological, iconographic, and artifactual evidence relating to a central issue in the study of ancient Egyptian culture. The subject of the course varies based upon the needs and research interests of current graduate students in the fields of Near Eastern Archaeology and Egyptology, for example: the Egyptian data relating to state formation, urbanism, ethnicity, and the archaeological record, regionalism, and core/periphery relations, the Deir el-Medina community, foreign relations, etc. The course is offered on an as-needed basis, so interested students are advised to contact the professor directly.