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Ancient Art Podcast
Video podcast series about the art and culture of the ancient Mediterranean world hosted by Lucas Livingston, a director of education at the Art Institute of Chicago. Choose from a large menu of select topics on the art of ancient Egypt,...
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Personajes Del Antiguo Egipto
In Spanish, a very good quick reference guide to hundred's of Egyptians and their roles in society.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Woods
The Egyptians used wood for many things, but had very little locally, so you can see that they needed to trade for it. Read about how the carpenters used the wood they acquired. Hyperlinks to other places in website. Links to other...
University of Michigan
Univerisity of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World: Farming at Karanis
See pictures of tools used in grain production in ancient Egypt. The artifacts are similar to tools used today.
University College London
University College London: Digital Egypt: Basketry
Click on materials, techniques, or function to see pictures of basket techniques from ancient Egypt. Very little commentary, but interesting pictures.
Math Cats
Math Cats: Old Egyptian Math Cats Fractions
An informative and interactive exploration of fractions and how they were used by the ancient Egyptians. Use numbers to build fractions in the interactive game.
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Vatican Museums: Gregorian Egyptian Museum
In 1839, Pope Gregory XVI founded the Gregorian Egyptian Museum with artifacts from ancient Egypt coming from Rome and the Vatican. This site features pictures and scale drawings of each room in the museum.
The British Museum
British Museum: Senet: A Board Game From Ancient Egypt
Provides a description of the ancient Egyptian game of Senet along with the "rules" of the game and a picture of the board used. Requires Adobe Shockwave.
Discovering Egypt
Discovering Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphic Typewriter
Students can enjoy writing sentences using this keyboard containing Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Send notes to friends, family or your teacher!
University of Oxford (UK)
Pitt Rivers Museum: Animals and Belief: Ancient Egypt
Better understand the uses and meanings of animals in art within the Egyptian culture. Emphasis is made on cats.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Pounding Papyrus: Ancient Egyptians Made Paper
In this materials science fair project, students will make a sheet of papyrus paper, and compare its tensile strength to that of common pulp paper. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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Ancient Egypt Research Associates: Sphinx Project
A comprehensive set of integrated resources about the Great Sphinx of Giza that places the Sphinx in its historical, geological, and cultural contexts. An excellent site for understanding how archaeologists reconstruct the past from...
Discovering Egypt
Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Mathematics
A brief explanation of the numbering system of the ancient Egyptians, with great drawings and sample problems. Use this resource to introduce yourself to the symbols ancient Egyptians used in mathematics. There are some activities to...
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Flax
Provides detailed information regarding the growing of flax for weaving into linen cloth by Ancient Egyptians. Includes images illustration Ancient Egyptian flax production.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Make a Mummy
Learn about the many steps involved in the process of mummification use by the Egyptians in their burial process. What is preserved after thousands of years? And what can scientists learn about life in ancient Egypt from studying...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Tomb of the Unknown Mummy
National Geographic Kids provides an engaging game about Ancient Egypt for children. Players will learn about hieroglyphics, artwork, etc.
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient Egypt the Legend of the Pharaoh's Curse
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage idiscusses the legend of the curse of King Tut's tomb and the true events surrounding the attempts to move this tomb. The text is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
The British Museum
British Museum: Egyptian Life
Students learn about a day in the life of two ancient Egyptian families. They also explore paintings to learn more about the life of a wealthy nobleman in ancient Egypt. Afterwards, they can play Senet, a popular Egyptian game.
The British Museum
Ancient Egypt: Mortuary Temple of Ramesses Ii the Ramesseum
Photographs of the Ramesseum are on this interesting website. Look at the site at a distance with Egyptian farms in the forefront. Click on the pictures on the left side of the site to see the expanse of this temple complex. There is...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: Silk Road
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about the impact of geography on the development of civilization in Ancient Egypt.
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History on the Net: The Egyptians Pyramids
Provides an introduction to Egyptian pyramids for younger students.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: The Book of the Dead of Ancient Egypt for Kids
History Questions: Book of the Dead Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
The British Museum
The British Museum: The Underworld of Ancient Egypt
Travel into the Underworld, a place, according to Egyptian belief, that one must pass through to get to paradise. See if you can make it safely.
PBS
Nova Online Adventures: Pyramids, the Inside Story
Use this site to explore the pyramids of Egypt and to learn how they were built and why.
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