Each year, new faculty join a wide range of departments across Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). In this video, Yale Assistant Professor Victoria Almansa-Villatoro, an Egyptologist in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, discusses how ancient Egyptians expressed politeness through language and how this compares to modern societies. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is home to 1000-plus faculty and 40-plus departments and programs that span the divisions of Humanities, Social Science, and Science, and provide instruction to the students of Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.