Professor Amr was one of the best professors I have ever had! He is very knowledgeable, and his classes and topics are very interesting. His teaching methodology is also very easy to follow.

He has a lot of expertise in his field, and his enthusiasm while teaching made this class very engaging.

Class was centered around the completion of a capstone project/essay that could be based on any topic related to ancient Egyptian technology or material culture.

This course provided both scientific and cultural lessons about archeology in the field of Egypt. We discussed ancient Egyptian time periods, as well as various methods of scientific analysis used today like Mass Spectrometry and isotope analysis. We had ample opportunity to see samples of plant material professor Amr had brought back from Egypt.

Professor Amr is involved in very niche scientific work that few others are capable of teaching. In this course, we learned about his work using Oxygen isotope analysis to link ancient remains to specific waterways. There was a lot of practical knowledge he shared and his lessons were always based around things he felt would benefit us as archeologists. I felt this made Amr's class unique because it was so focused on scientific method and actual forms of analysis, not just theory. There are not many other offerings in Anthro here that went so in-depth on forms of destructive analysis. He was always very approachable and very enthusiastic to support his students unique interests. He is also very passionate about the environment and shared different plants native to Egypt and their folk usag...read more

I would consider it to be helpful to have taken a lower div or 101 class on ancient Egypt prior to this one. It is an upper div, and Amr will make everyone in the class feel comfortable regardless, but it may seem like a lot of information if its all new to you.