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=== The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World ===
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{{Main|Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World}}
Established in 2004, the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World is Brown's interdisciplinary research center for archeology and ancient studies. The institute pursues fieldwork, excavations, regional surveys, and academic study of the archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and Western Asia from the [[Levant]] to the [[Caucasus]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lader |first=Mary-Catherine |date=2004-11-18 |title=University plans interdisciplinary approach for new archaeology institute |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2004/11/18/university-plans-interdisciplinary-approach-for-new-archaeology-institute/ |access-date=2021-04-11 |website=Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411024737/https://www.browndailyherald.com/2004/11/18/university-plans-interdisciplinary-approach-for-new-archaeology-institute/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The institute has a very active fieldwork profile, with faculty-led excavations and regional surveys presently in [[Petra]] (Jordan), [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] (Egypt), Turkey, Sudan, Italy, Mexico, Guatemala, [[Montserrat]], and Providence.

The Joukowsky Institute's faculty includes cross-appointments from the departments of Egyptology, Assyriology, Classics, Anthropology, and History of Art and Architecture. Faculty research and publication areas include Greek and Roman art and architecture, landscape archaeology, urban and religious architecture of the Levant, Roman provincial studies, the Aegean Bronze Age, and the archaeology of the [[Caucasus]]. The institute offers visiting teaching appointments and postdoctoral fellowships which have, in recent years, included Near Eastern Archaeology and Art, [[Classical archaeology|Classical Archaeology]] and Art, Islamic Archaeology and Art, and Archaeology and Media Studies.

'''Egyptology and Assyriology'''

Facing the Joukowsky Institute, across the Front Green, is the Department of Egyptology and Assyriology, formed in 2006 by the merger of Brown's departments of Egyptology and History of Mathematics. It is one of only a handful of such departments in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lutts |first=Chloe |date=2005-11-09 |title=Nation's only Egyptology dept. set to expand, but details not set in stone |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2005/11/09/nations-only-egyptology-dept-set-to-expand-but-details-not-set-in-stone/ |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801041022/https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2005/11/nation-s-only-egyptology-dept-set-to-expand-but-details-not-set-in-stone |url-status=live}}</ref> The curricular focus is on three principal areas: [[Egyptology]], [[Assyriology]], and the history of the ancient exact sciences (astronomy, astrology, and mathematics). Many courses in the department are open to all Brown undergraduates without prerequisites and include archaeology, languages, history, and Egyptian and [[Ancient Mesopotamian religion|Mesopotamian religions]], literature, and science. Students concentrating in the department choose a track of either Egyptology or Assyriology. Graduate-level study comprises three tracks to the doctoral degree: Egyptology, Assyriology, or the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity.