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Egypt Resources

Ancient Egypt - The British Museum
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Excellent information about Ancient Egypt

Carnegie Museum

http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/index.htm

Life in Ancient Egypt—Provides a description of daily life, funerals, religion and more, including pictures of artifacts for each topic

Odyssey Project

http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html

Explore the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and 19th - 20th century sub-Saharan Africa—people, daily life, death & burial, mythology, archeology, and writing.

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org

Free online encyclopedia with information on all subjects

NOVA

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/textindex.html

Egypt - Pyramid Excavation (PBS Nova). Provides history and cross-sectional maps on excavations of pyramids in Giza Egypt

Life in Ancient Egypt

http://www.watson.org/%7Eleigh/egypt.html

Provides well organized and somewhat comprehensive resources.

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/

Mummies, pyramids, interactive tours, games, and more.

Animal Mummies in the Cairo Museum
http://www.animalmummies.com/

Find out about all kinds of mummies

Ancient Egypt - Guardian's Egypt - Explore Ancient Egypt from the comfort of your own computer!
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/

Information on all segments of Ancient Egyptian life

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Egyptian Mummies
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/mummies.htm

Background on mummies.

Egypt
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/egypt.htm

This site was created for a classroom project, & won the THINKQUEST National Gold Medal Award in 2002

Egyptian Pyramid Building Instructions
http://www.hirstarts.com/pyramid/pyramid.html

Hirst Arts Fantasy Architecture: how to build a pyramid

Minnesota State University EMuseum: Daily Life
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html

Great information on daily life in Ancient Egypt.

Canadian Museum of Civilization - Mysteries of Egypt - Egyptian civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcivile.html

Good site for "Daily Life" information.

Detroit Institute of Arts - Ancient Art - Egypt
http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/egypt/egypt.html

Lots of art objects from ancient Egypt

Rigby’s World of Egypt
http://www.powerup.com.au/~ancient/index.html

You can access more than 90 pages of travel and history information from this personal collection of Egypt links.

Cleveland Musuem of Art: Egyptomania
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/index.html

Pyramids, mummies, & daily life.

Sea World

http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/hieroglyphics.htm

Provides the alphabetic symbols and other symbols to create a message. You can write your name in hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphs

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/hiero1.htm

Print your name in hieroglyphics using a "typewriter".

Neferchichi

http://www.neferchichi.com/clipart.html

Egyptian Clipart

Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/Ancient_Civilizations/Ancient_Egyptians.html

List of resources

Egypt State Information Service

http://www.sis.gov.eg

Hear the national anthem, glimpse images of this haunting land, and much more at this government site.

Tour Egypt
http://touregypt.net

The Web site for Egyptian Tours and Travel offers travel information, user-friendly history guides, hotel information, and links

TRACKSTAR

http://trackstar.4teachers.org

In Track ID space put: 234140.

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