Smithsonian Institution
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Egyptian Pyramids
This article provides a general overview of Egyptian pyramids, including history, location, and construction.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: The Pyramids
Reference material for elementary students outlines the history of the ancient pyramids of Egypt. Includes photos of the Great Pyramid at Giza, Saqqara, and the temples built to honor the gods and goddesses.
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: A New Look at an Ancient Culture: Egypt
Students can take a virtual tour of a collection of Egyptian artifacts, visit the sites of numerous archaeological expeditions, and learn a tremendous amount about the complex gods and goddesses of the Egyptian religion.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian History for Kids: The Great Sphinx
Kids learn about the Great Sphinx of Ancient Egypt. This giant statue was built over 4000 years ago near the Giza pyramids.
Other
Guardian's Egypt: The Sphinx
The site opens to a great picture of the Sphinx, referred to as the "Giant Sphinx" in this essay. If you can get through the "poetry style" of writing, you'll uncover many facts and interesting tidbits.
BBC
Bbc: The Great Pyramid: Gateway to Eternity
Author provides a six page essay on the age of the Egyptian pyramids. Special attention is given to the Great Pyramid, the burial chamber, and the concept of life after death for the king who would ?spend eternity traversing the sky and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ancient Egypt
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart includes the study of Ancient Egypt, including vocabulary and definitions, as well as United Streaming video clips, links to websites and Activotes for assessment.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: This Just In! Nile Network News Update
Site offers interdisciplinary lesson plans on Ancient Egypt.Students will thoroughly research many aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. Lessons will culminate with students presenting their research findings using, a T.V News Show format....
Discovering Egypt
Discovering Egypt: Pyramids and Temples
This interactive site creates a computer-generated reconstruction of Egyptian pyramids and temples. View pyramid floor plans, paintings, drawings, and photos.
Other
Guardian's Spotlight: Interview With Dr. Zahi Hawass
The transcript of an interview with one of the world's greatest experts on the Pyramids of Giza. Hawass provides detailed information on the latest discoveries.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ancient Egypt, 3150 to 31 Bce
A map of ancient Egypt showing the pyramids of Gizeh, the Tombs of Beni Hassan, and various ancient cities.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Egypt: In the Land of the Pyramids Quiz
Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over Egyptian Pyramids. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
The British Museum
Pyramids: Construction of Khufu's Great Pyramid
Read a story about the building process of the Great Pyramid by the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu.
A&E Television
History.com: The Little Known Peruvian Pyramids That Are as Old as Egypt's
Caral was an architectural marvel - a 1,500-acre complex constructed by the oldest known civilization in the Western Hemisphere. Colossal pyramid structures in the Americas as old as those in Egypt? The Sacred City of Caral-Supe, in...
Other
Mit: A New Angle on Pyramids
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology investigated whether the ancient Egyptians could have used a synthetic concrete for the huge stones used in building the pyramids. The theory has met enormous resistance...
Other
Cmc: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Writing
Site provides information on ancient Egyptian forms of writing. There are charts that show translations of hieroglyphics as well as information on scribes and writing in pyramids.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 2 10 14: Archeologists Debate the Purpose of Pyramids
Article reports on the debate between archeologists regarding the purpose of more recently discovered pyramids that pre-date Giza.
University of Chicago
Lost Egypt: Early Photos of Egyptian Monuments
A series of photos taken in the nineteenth century of various ancient Egyptian temples and other religious sites. There is also a good article on the history of early photography in Egypt including a description of how nineteenth-century...
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Funerary Practices: Preparations and Burial
A comprehensive look at the burial customs of the ancient Egyptians from pre-dynastic times to the Ptolomeic period. Dollinger looks at the customs of both the rich and the not-so-rich. Hyperlinks to other articles in this extensive...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian History for Kids: Pyramids
Kids learn about Ancient Egyptian Pyramids. The great structures of this world civilization.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ancient Egypt, 525 Bc
A map of Egypt at the time of the Persian conquest by Cambyses (525 BC) at the end of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty under Psamtik III. The map shows the delta city of Pelusium and the lower capital of Moph (Memphis) conquered by Cambyses. At...
Discovering Egypt
Discovering Egypt: Old Kingdom
This article list the rulers, dynasties, and major events of Egypt's Old Kingdom from the 1st dynasty (3100-2890 BC) to the 8th dynasty (2181-2125 BC).
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Architecture
This resource presents a browsable a-to-z library of clip art of ancient Egyptian architectural elements, such as capitals, columns, temple designs, tombs, pyramids, obelisks, sphinxes, and pylons. Library also includes clip art of...