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Ancient Egypt Resources
Ancient
Egypt & Kingdom of Kush
Web based resources to support a sixth
grade unit;
from Oakland Unified School District
Guardian's Egypt
Cyberjourney; Egypt books; Egypt news;
pyramids; kings and queens;
sites and monuments; cool digs; museums
and exhibits
A New
Look at Ancient Egypt
From University of Pennsylvania.
Hieroglyphs, pharaohs, life of the
average Egyptian, more
The Christian Coptic Orthodox
Church of Egypt
Tour Egypt
Great site for research. Keyword search
on this site for mummies,
kings and other info. Provides
definitions for words such as barque;
other documents have great
pictures.
See, for example, Valley of the
Kings Lists tombs and gives pictures of each.
Ancient
Egypt
From Urbana Middle School's Ancient
Civilizations
Think Quest Junior.
Ancient Egypt
Games, timeline, Rosecrucian Museum,
mummies, hieroglyphics, pyramids,
Gods & Goddesses, glossary,
bibliography, resources
Mark Milmore's
Ancient Egypt
Egypt; pyramids; pharaohs; hieroglyphs
Egypt's Culture Net
Very colorful, massive site. Must browse.
Egyptology Resources for
Ancient Egypt
By Nigel Strudwick; Newton Institute,
University of Cambridge
Egypt.com
Egyptian business directory
Michael C.
Carlos Museum. Ancient Egyptian Art
Look under "Odyssey" for Online exhibit
from Emory University
Images
from
Ancient Civilizations
Includes Egypt, Rome & Greece.
Oriental
Institute Photographic Archives: Egypt
Photographs from early expeditions to
Egypt.
Also has Abu Simbel, Luxor, Sakkara,
Tutankhamun Statue
Smithsonian
Use the search function to locate
resources, as:
Haunting
Faces from the Banks of the Nile
Out
of Egypt: Art in the Age of the Pyramids
Egyptian Pyramid
Egyptian Mummies
Pharaoh's Clinic
Review of papyri, other materials on
mummies.
From ThinkQuest
University of Michigan Papyrus
Collection
Searchable database of papyrus collection
The Institute of
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Includes artifacts, color tour of a dozen
ancient Egyptian sites
along the Nile River, other egyptian sites
Ancient
Egypt Webquest
Bibliographies, activities, graphics,
lesson plans
Rigby's
World of Egypt
Maps, antiquities, Tutankhamen, chronology
Center for Computer-Aided Egyptological
Research
Egyptological resources has articles and
links; virtual
exhibition of objects
Life in
Ancient
Egypt
From Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Ancient Egyptian
Art and Culture
Religion, social and cultural life,
hieroglyphics, art, references
and links
Egypt
Information Search Directory
Los Egipcios
History of Egypt; only Spanish language
seems to be working;
from ThinkQuest
Ancient
Egypt
Daily life, pictures, art, biography,
maps. From HistoryLink 101
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Ask an Egyptologist
This Ask an Egyptologist site from the
Royal Ontario
Museum is not active over the summer;
visit in the fall
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British
Museum. Geography of Egypt
Main
Map of Ancient Egypt From Minnesota State EMuseum
Library of
Congress. Egypt Country Study
Ancient
Egypt. Geography
Map of Egypt
National
Geographic. Map Machine
Oriental
Institute Map Series. Egypt/Nubia
Map. Valley of the
Kings
From the Theban Mapping Project
Egypt
State Information Service. The River Nile Introduction
Thinkquest.
The Living Africa: Nile River Comprehensive
Nile Basin Initiative
Comprehensive
The
Geography of Egypt through the Eyes of Herodotus
From Kibbutz Reshafim; for biographical
information,
see Herodotus
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British Museum.
Time
Timekeeping, investigate time lines; game
Egypt
Under "Contents" see "Resources" for
timeline
Library of Congress
Country Studies
Organized chronologically
A
Chronology of Ancient Egypt
Portals
to Eternity Chronology
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Egypt. Learning
Module
History & people; culture; resources
ThinkQuest. EgyptWorld
Early expeditions; art; tombs and
pyramids; pharaohs; construction
tools; historic timelines; classroom
tools & quizzes; museums
Emuseum.
History of Ancient Egypt
Dynasties; periods; significant people;
timeline of Ancient
Egyptian History
The House of
Ptolemy
Ptolemaic, Greco-Roman, Byzantine and
Modern Egypt
Egyptians -
History
Information on a wide range of topics,
including people,
religion; from BBC
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Tour Egypt Monthly. Articles
Ancient
Egypt. Daily Life
Animals
in Ancient Egypt
Information, lesson plans; from Rhode
Island Network
for Educational Technology (RINET)
Arts and Crafts in
the Age of the Pyramids
Writing, sculpture & painting,
textils; from Royal
Ontario Museum
Food
Production in Egypt By period; from Digital Egypt
British
Museum. Trades
Ancient
Egypt. Everyday Life
Music, cosmetics, games, furniture,
festivals, diet, jewelry,
amulets, life as a young boy, fun follow
up activities.
From Curry School of Education
Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt
Family; home furnishings; jewelry;
cosmetics; gods & religion; funerary
customs; natural world; chronology
The
Ancient Egypt Web Site
From Our Lady & St. Joseph RC Primary
School. Read the students'
projects. Information on every aspect of
everyday life
Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt
The Nile: The Geography &
Agriculture, religion, the priestly caste,
kinship & marriage, medicine,
calendar system, hieroglyphics, astronomy,
astrology, chariot making, garment
making, quarrying, bee & wine making,
ethnozoology, games, furniture, glass
making, hairstyles, beauty
aids, papyrus paper making, sanitation
Marvelous Melokiyah
Food still enjoyed today; includes recipe
The History of
Plumbing - Egypt
From PlumbingSuppy.com
The Pharaonic Village
Brief information from the Tour Egypt site
Party Time in Ancient
Egypt
From Tour Egypt Monthly
Beauty Secrets of the
Ancient Egyptians
From Tour Egypt Monthly
Rigby's
Ancient Egyptian Lives#1
Food producers, craftsmen
Rigby's
Ancient Egyptian Lives #2
Dwellings, personal appearance &
health, play, music
Rigby's
Ancient Egyptian Lives #3
Literacy, payment for services and
products
Egyptian
Civilization. Daily Life
Food, shelter, transportation, trades and
crafts, clothing and adornment.
From Civilization.ca
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Related page: History of Mathematics
Babylonian
and Egyptian Mathematics
History
of Mathematics: Egyptian Math, Pi...
Space down for Egyptian math; from Mathematical
History
Webster's History
of Mathematics
Includes Ancient Egyptian mathematics.
Space down
Egyptian
Mathematics
Overview, papyri, numerals, history of
zero; from University of St. Andrews
Rhind
Papyrus
From University of Singapore
Egyptian
Fractions
Advanced; from David Eppstein, University
of California
Kris'
Egyptian Fraction Applet
The Akhmin Papyrus
From MathPages.com
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The Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World
From the Egypt WWW Index
The Pyramids
Resurrection machine, prehistory, The
Step Pyramid, inside
the pyramids; from Egypt Information
Service
The Sphinx
Great Sphinx in Situ; Sphinx in pictures,
age of the
Sphinx; from Egypt Information Service
Seaworld.
Pyramid Power Introduction
British
Museum. Pyramids
Introduction, read a story, explore a
reconstruction [Khufu], challenge
British
Museum.
Temples
Information, read a story, explore a
temple, challenge
NOVA
Online/Pyramids
NOVA
Online. Old Kingdom
Great Sphinx of Giza, Khufu Pyramid,
Khafre Pyramid, Pharaoh's
Boat, Giza Plateau, Converging Pyramids
NOVA Online. New
Kingdom
Colossus of Memnon, Great Court, Karnak
Temple, Temple of
Ramses III, Great Hypostyle Hall, Obelisk
Court, Luxor Temple,
Pylon with Obelisk, Ramses the Great,
Tomb of Rekhmire, Tomb
of Ramose
Egyptvoyager.com
The Giza Plateau
The Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure.
Use links at the bottom
of the page for individual pages
. The Virtual
Tour has LiveCam
The
Giza Plateau
From University of Memphis
Guardian's Giza
Plateau
Layout map, the Pyramids, Sphinx
Djoser Step
Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt
Extensive information on the site; maps;
great visuals.
Good information on construction of the
pyramid.
Pyramids
and Temples
From Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
Guardian's
Sphinx at Giza
Information & pictures from Guardians
GreatBuildings.com.
Great Pyramid of Khufu
The
UnMuseum.The Great Pyramid
Guardian's
Dahshur, Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid
The
Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu)
Guardian's Giza.
Pyramid of Khafre
Temple of Abu
Simbel
History, pictures [click for enlargement]
The Tomb of
Harwa
Saqqara
The Tomb of
Senneferi at
Luxor in Egypt
National
Geographic. At
the Tomb of Tutankhamen
Explore
the Pyramids
From PBS's NOVA.
Theban
Mapping Project
Includes Theban Necropolis, Valley of the
Kings, KV5,
Egyptology, Atlas (available for purchase)
Valley of
the
Kings Foundation
Amarna Royal Tombs Project; news; articles
Ryan-Egyptian
Archeology
Valley of the Kings; good illustrations;
Large number of
links; from Dr. Thomas Ryan
Egypt
: Valley of the Kings
Descriptive information, numerous
photographs; from Tour Egypt
Egyptian
Architecture The Sphinx; fortresses; the pyramids of Giza
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Classical Traditions,
Major
Religions & Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
Background information, definitions,
reasons for studying the era,
standards for student
achievement.
British
Museum.
Gods & Goddesses
Emuseum.
The Religion of Ancient Egypt
Divine Ennead - Heliopolitan;
Hermopolitan Ogdoad; Memphite
Theology - Priest Caste; List of Gods -
Egyptian Astrology
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British Museum.
Mummification
National
Geographic World Magazine. Mummies Unmasked
National
Geographic. Mummy Quiz
Ask
the Mummy
Answers FAQs about mummies; kids site
from Royal Ontario Museum
Mummy Tombs
Everything about mummies, including
making your own mummy
How
to Make a Mummy
From National Geographic
Cyber
Mummy
A K-12 project by teachers and students
on developing video
related to
mummies. How has modern technology aided
in the study of mummies?
National
Geographic.
Make a Mummy
Mummies
of Ancient Egypt
What is a mummy? How were they made? Who
were they? The afterlife
from University of Michigan
Smithsonian.
Egyptian Mummies
Mummy
What is a mummy? Egyptian mummies. From
ThinkQuest
Seaworld.
Mummy Maze
Mummimals
From Seaworld
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British Museum.
Pharaoh
Build
a Pharoah
Art project for kids; from Royal Ontario
Museum;
coloring book; other material
Dynasties
of Ancient Egypt
In numerical order; also Timeline
of Ancient Egypt;
from Minnesota State University
Significant
People in Egyptian History
Includes pharaohs, such as Ramses II,
Nefertiti, Tutankhamun;
also famous individuals associated such
as Darius III, Xerxes;
From Minnesota State University
Pharaohs
of the Sun. Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen
From Comopolis Magazine
Famous
Pharaohs
Includes Hatshepsut, Akhenaton,
Cleopatra, Ramses II; from Ms. Kim's
class, John Witherspoon Middle School
Cleopatra's
House
Clickable image; also Marc Antony and
Julius Caesar;
From Minnesota State University
Hatshepsut,
Queen of Egypt
By David Koeller, North Park University
Hatshepsut
From Tour Egypt
Nefertari
and Her Tomb in Egypt
Article from Tour Egypt
Ramses
the
Great
Article from Tour Egypt; also information
on Hittites
Mark
Millmore's Ancient Egypt. Thutmose III, The Napoleon of Ancient Egypt
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Civilization.ca.
Mysteries of Egypt
Civilization, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut,
exhibits, virtual tour of
Tutankhamun's Tomb
Guardian's
Egypt. Kings and Queens Complete list, dates
King
Tut
Layout, treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb
from Mattson Junior High School
Tutankhamen
Includes tour of Tutankhamen's tomb; From
Egypt Information
Service [spelling from site]
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Writing
Role of writing in Egyptian society, Age
of the
Pyramids; from Royal Ontario Museum
Papyrus
From a
commercial firm which sells papyrus.
Excellent discussion of history and
how to make papyrus.
British
Museum.
Writing
Hieroglyphs
What are they? from NOVA Online
Hieroglyphic
alphabet
Spell your name in hieroglyphs;; from
Royal Ontario
Museum
Reading
Hieroglyphs -
The First Steps
Online course on deciphering the script;
from Egyptologica
Vlaanderen VZW [Under development]
Emuseum.
Hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone; the hieroglyphic
alphabet; the hieroglyphic
tutor; hieroglyphics and mathematics
links
Seaworld.
Hieroglyphics
Symbols, write your own name
Rosetta
Stone's Site
Quiz for kids; coloring book; pharoahs;
mummies;
from Cleveland Museum of Art
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Emuseum.
Ancient Egyptian Military
Lakeland
School. Egypt Military
Ramses' Great
Horses - The Battle
Illustrated with Egyptian drawings; from
the Nile Muse
The
Nile Muse
Breeders & admirers of the Egyptian
and desert blood Arabian
horse; very information on horse history
Chariot
Making
From Minnesota State University
Egypt: The
Evolution of Warfare Part 1.
Feature illustrated article from Tour
Egypt
Egypt: The
Evolution of Warfare Part 2.
Feature illustrated article from Tour
Egypt
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The
Egyptian Supreme Council
of Antiquities
Keep up with current news!
Egyptian
Museum
From their collection
Emuseum.
Egyptian Art
Pottery, stone, ceramics
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Emuseum.
Archaeology of Egypt
History of Egyptology; the
archaeologists; technology in Ancient
Egyptian archaeology; archaeological
sites of Egypt; weird theories
The Pyramids -
The
Inside Story
From PBS. Explore excavations and see
various
views of
the pyramids.
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Egyptian
Museum Antiquities from their collection
British Museum.
Ancient
Egypt
Indexed at ISLMC. Life, geography, gods
& goddesses, mummification,
Pharaoh, pyramids, temples, time,
trades, writing
Canadian
Museum of Civilization Corp.: Mysteries of Egypt
Civilization, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut,
virtual tour of King Tut's Tomb;
From Civilization.ca
EMuseum.
Ancient Egyptian Culture
Daily life; art; military; architecture;
hieroglyphs; religion;
maps; history; archaeology; book
references.Minnesota State University
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Images from
World History
Ancient Sudan, Kingdom of Kush; from
Images from History,
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Ancient Egypt
&
Kingdom Of Kush
Resource library; curriculum resources;
from Core Values
Internet Resource Library
ThinkQuest.
Ancient Nubia
Nubian civilization; Bronze Age Nubia;
Kingdom of Kush; Resources
Nubia /
Sudan Archaeology
Includes historical information
Ancient
History Sourcebook: Accounts of Meroe, Kush, and Axum, c 430 BCE - 550
CE
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Egypt. A
Bibliography for Children and Young Adults
A bibliography of books on
Egypt for grades 4 up.
Egypt
- Recommended Resources
From Royal Ontario Museum
Ancient
Egypt. Video & Lesson Plans From Discovery Channel
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The Art
of Egypt
Activities and sites; by Christine
Merriam, Intermediate School
DiscoverySchool.com
Use search term Egypt; Offers several
lesson plans
Ancient
Egypt:
Student Activity Sheets
Geography; history; hieroglyphs; King
Tut, Daily life; Burial
practices; Pyramids; mythology. From
Gander Academy
Ancient Egypt; A Fifth
Grade Unit By Cherie Dean.
Hieroglyphic
Art Project
From TeachNet.
Lesson plan
Ancient
Egypt
Language arts, social studies for grades
6-8; by Christine Lenoir;
from AskEric
Ancient
Egypt and Hieroglyphics
Grade 2; Social studies, grade ; by Rita
Leonardi;
AskEric
Mummification
Science, process skills, social science
grades 6-8;
by Connie Armstrong; AskEric
Ancient
Egypt Lesson Plans
From Detroit Institute of Arts
Fun
with Hieroglyphics
Social studies; grade 4; by Dianna Conley
and Brandy Hall; AskEric
Letters
from Felix
Language arts, social studies, geography,
grades 2-4; by Abby Sabo;
from AskEric
Comparing
Cultures
Social studies, multicultural education;
grades 1-5;
uses Shirley Climo's The Egyptian
Cinderella;
by Michael Wilson; AskEric
The
World on a String
Geography; grades 4-8; by Shirley Lomax;
AskEric
My
Pyramid - Preparing for a Journey
Language arts, writing, grades 4-8; by
Noreen Kraig, AskEric
Ancient Egypt
Activity
Helps compare life then and now
NOVA. Scaling
the
Pyramids
Ancient
Egypt
Project page from Mrs. Coburn's sixth
grade class; papyrus,
hieroglyphics,
gods and more. Bibliography.
DIA
Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans
Art, language arts, math & science,
mummies, social studies
NOVA.
Pharaoh's Obelisk. How Big Were They?
Grades 3 up
Hieroglyphs:
Say What?
Grades 6-12; from PBS
NOVA.
How
Did They Do It? Lever Loads
Pyramids:
Could You Build One Today Using Yesterday's Tools
Grade 7; by Angela Gasson
NOVA
Online.
Secrets of Lost Empires
Grade 6 up; Lever loads; cutting granite
with sand
Teacher
Created
Internet Plans. Ancient Egypt
Sixth grade. Egyptian artifacts
Teacher
CyberGuide. The Golden Goblet
From the book by Elouise Jarvis McGraws.
Sixth grade
Ancient
Egypt
Webquest
Activities; many useful links; by Matthew
Durant
Ancient
Lands - Egypt
Sixth grade; based on the book The
Egypt Game by
Zilpha Keatley Snyder; technology,
language arts
David Macaulay Teacher
Resource File
Lesson plans for his book, Pyramid
Field
Trip to Ancient Egypt
Activities developed by Mrs. Desler's 6th
grade classes
Frisbie
Math Fair: Building a Pyramid
Grades 6-8; from Frisbie Middle School
Ancient
Egyptian/African Literature Activity
Grades 9-12. Research project in library
information skills.
Dated but adaptable
Ancient
Egypt. Funeral Rites
Ancient history; grades 6-8; from
Discovery Channel
Ancient
Egypt
Web Quest
Fun activities, including stories, word
search, art, glossary,
bibliography, activities by subject area
Ancient
Egypt Bingo
Sixth grade; Mr. Donn's class
Unit
Plan.
Ancient Egypt & Kingdom of Kush
Grade 6; menu page for
curriculum based resources; Oakland Unified School District
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,a
href="http://www.alpher.net.au/hpages/debbie/egypt/enter.html">Ancient
Egypt for Kids
Life in ancient Egypt, Pyramids and the
Sphinx, King
Tutankhamun, mummies, boats,
hieroglphics, An Age of Gold,
animals, the gods, Valley of the Kings,
Ramses II, links
Egypt Fun Guide
Egypt site includes hieroglyphics,
vocabulary, mummy maze,
mummimals, make your own cartouche,
crossword clues,
archaeologist's challenge, a nation of
irrigation, pyramid power, secrets of
the Nile; from Seaworld
Cleveland
Museum of Art Rosetta Stone Exhibit
Kid quiz; fact/fiction; ask the mummy;
build a pharaoh; meet
Sahara the Scarab; coloring book; book
list; hidden treasures
Neferchichi's
Tomb
Lots of clip art; all about mummies;
phamous pharaohs; lesson
plans; book list; kids page; teacher page
Odyssey
Egypt
For middle school
students; People, mythology, daily life, death & burial, writing,
archaeology
ThinkQuest.
Raiders of the Lost Art
Use artifacts to make discoveries
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Credits: Pyramid gif courtesy of The
Great Pyramid of Giza
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