Ancient Egypt

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Includes info on many different topics relating to Ancient Egypt
  Egypt Guide -- National Geographic - African Studies Center | Egypt Page
  Ancient Egypt — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt
  BBC - History: Egyptians
  ***** Ancient Egyptian Culture - The History of Ancient Egypt
Guardian's Egypt Main Gate
  Egypt's Golden Empire. Home | PBS
  Ancient Egypt - British Museum
   Daily Life Ancient Egypt
  Ancient Egypt: an introduction to its history and culture
  Ancient Egypt on a Comparative Method
  A New Look at Ancient Egypt @ UPMAA
  Archaeology of Egypt 
  ***** The Amazing Ancient World - Premier Ancient Civilization Internet Book - for tons of links, just scroll down to the Egypt Section!
****  EAWC: Ancient Egypt
  Virtual Egypt - Take a Journey Back in Time!
  CyberJourney To Egypt - Guardian's Egypt
  The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt  
  Egypt Guide, Magazine, Egyptian Community and Egypt Travel 
   The Ancient Egypt Site
    Egypt Dictionary Index - MythHome: Glossary of Ancient Egyptian Mythology Terms  
****  Welcome to Akhet Internet
  Nekhebet.com - Wonders of Ancient Egypt
      Ancient Egypt Kid Connection
   Reeder's Egypt Page
   The Akhet-Aten Home Page 
  CyberMuseum: Egypt 
  Terry's Egyptian Pages - Ancient Egyptian Language
  Ancient Egypt Webquest, Find information about Ancient Egypt
Empires Past: Egypt 
  Egypt - Egypt Internet Resources
Egyptology on the World Wide Web 
Gallery of Ancient Egypt
  Egyptian Civilization - The Akkadians, Egyptians and the Hebrews 
Egypt: Medication in Ancient Egypt - INTERACTIVE DIAGRAM: Medicine through Time - Egypt - Ancient Egyptian Medicine  
  Amazing Ancient World - EGYPT 
  Egypt: Just for Kids 
The Nile File 
  The Ancient Empire of the Nile 
  The House of Ptolemy: Index Page
  Mysteries of Egypt @ nationalgeographic.com
  National Geographic: Secrets of Egypt (Photos, Diagrams)  
   Egyptvoyager.com: General Virtual Tour Gallery
  Royal Ontario Museum | Ancient Egypt

TIMELINE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
  TIMELINE: Ancient Egypt 
EAWC Chronology: Egypt
  History Timeline of Ancient Egypt 
  Egyptian Timeline
  Pharaohs Timeline
  Periods of Ancient Egyptian History
PBS - Secrets of the Pharaohs: timeline of the pharaohs 
  Egypt | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
    

IN A NUTSHELL.... 
Egyptian History and Peoples
Egyptian Prehistory
The Two Lands: The Archaic Period, 3100-2650 B.C.
The Old Kingdom: 2650-2134 B.C.
The First Intermediate Period: 2134-2040 B.C.
The Middle Kingdom: 2040-1640 B.C.
The Second Intermediate Period: 1640-1550 B.C.
The New Kingdom: 1550-1070 B.C.
The Third Intermediate Period: 1070-712 B.C.
The Late Period: 712-332 B.C.
Ptolmenaic and Roman Egypt: 332 B.C.-295 A.D. 

NUBIA 
Nubia and Egypt
  Ancient Africa for Kids - the Kingdom of Kush / Nubia
Ancient Nubia - more Ancient Nubia
  Nubia
  The Rediscovery of Ancient Nubia
  Ancient Nubia -- Courtesy of Return To Glory...

  PYRAMIDS, TOMBS, & MUMMIES
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Did you know? The Great Pyramid of Giza consists of 2,300,000 blocks each weighing 2.5 tons.
  Tombs And Temples 
  Egyptian Pyramids and Temples of Egypt with Maps
  NOVA Online/Pyramids -- The Inside Story 
The Great Pyramid - Symbolism Summary
  Book of the Dead - An Introduction - ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead - Papyrus of Ani; Egyptian Book of the Dead 
   Ancient Egyptian mummies and mummification 
  Death in Ancient Egypt, funerary customs, shabtis, mummies, tombs 
Mummy Masks - Faces Of The Dead
  The Art Of The Afterlife 
Coffin Art - Birds
Shabti - Servants For The Afterlife
Anubis, The God of Embalming - Thoth - Osiris And Isis - Four Sons Of Horus
Gods And Goddesses - The Goddesses and Gods of Ancient Egypt 
   Cat Mummies
  The ka - The ba - The mummified body - components of a human being 
  Egyptian Grave Provisions 
  Burial Customs 
  Egyptian Belief in the Afterlife - Coffins - Mummy Masks
  Mummies of Ancient Egypt
  Egypt: What Egyptians Took to the Afterlife 
  Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation. - Search for Tut
   The Treasures of Tutankhamun 
     THE TOMB OF NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP
  GIZA PLATEAU COMPUTER MODEL - check out the Great Pyramid from any angle.
The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
  NOVA Online/Pyramids/Khufu
   Zoser's Necropolis - Imhotep - Great Buildings Online 
   Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom
***** Clickable Mummy is a fantastically fun site!
  GAMES: BBC - Mummy Maker - BBC - Pyramid Challenge - Terry's Egyptian Page - Games
    Neferchichi's Tomb: ALL ABOUT MUMMIES
  The Tomb of Perneb 
  The Unnatural Museum - Mummy's Curse
     Die Like An Egyptian 
The Seven Wonders: The Great Pyramid of Giza
 
THE NILE - AGRICULTURE - SHIPS   
  The Importance of the Nile
  Environment - Land - Plants and Animals of the Nile
  Geography and Natural Barriers
  Early Agriculture and Herding
  Agriculture and Civilization Arrive Along the Nile  
  Geography & Agriculture
  Farming
     Ancient Egyptian Farming and Tools
  Ancient Ships: The Ships of Antiquity
  Ancient Egypt: Means of transportation
  Ancient Egypt: Ships and Boats

HIEROGLYPHICS & THE ROSETTA STONE 
Ancient Scripts of the World
   A Short Introduction to Hieroglyphs 
  Hieroglyphic alphabet 
Hieroglyphics 
  The Pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian - Pronunciation of Egyptian Words
Hieroglyphics
Neferchichi's Tomb: WRITING WITH HIEROGLYPHS
**** Online Hieroglyphics Translator - Hieroglyphic Name Translator - Your name in Hieroglyphs 
  Writing in Ancient Egypt
Papyrus - Ancient Description of the Process
  Ancient Egyptian Papyrus 
  Hieroglyphs! (A guide and web directory to Egyptian Hieroglyphs)
The Story of the Rosetta Stone, "Finding a Lost Language"
The Rosetta Stone 
  GIANTS OF EGYPTOLOGY - JEAN FRANÇOIS CHAMPOLLION 
  Images of the Rosetta Stone, Demotic script and hieroglyphs 
  The deciphering of hieroglyphs 
  Hieroglyph lessons 
Hieratic Writing - Hieratic - Crystalinks 
  THE DEMOTIC DICTIONARY PROJECT 
  The Coptic Language  
  Demotic Texts on the WWW, a guide to internet resources on papyrus 
  Duke Papyrus Archive 
  Egyptian Language

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WOMEN 
Egyptian Non-royal Women: Their Status in Public Life
  Ancient Egypt for Kids - Women in Ancient Egypt
  Lives of Non-Royal Women 
  WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
  Differences in Genders
  Ancient Egyptian Midwifery and Childbirth - For much more, check out section below  on Daily Life.
    Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World  
  Egyptian women in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
  The Story of Hatshepsut - Hatshepsut
The Temple of Hatshepsut, in memory of Pharaoh Maatkara Hatshepsut
  Deir el-Bahari (Temple of Hatshepsut) - Deir el-Bahari 
Cleopatra - Cleopatra — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
   Cleopatra of Egypt | csmonitor.com 
The Houses of Caesar, Mark Antony, and Cleopatra 
  Beauty Secrets of the Ancient Egyptians (Ancient Egypt beauty secrets)
More info below in the section on Daily Life. 

PRE-DYNASTIC EGYPT - UNIFICATION OF EGYPT - NARMER PALETTE
  The Two Lands: The Archaic Period, 3100-2650 B.C.
    Narmer Palette - The Narmer Palette 
  The Obverse Side of Narmer’s Palette - The Bull Interpretations 
  The Reverse Side of Narmer’s Palette - The Upper, First, Second and Third Registers 
     
KINGS & PHAROAHS
Egypt: History - Pharaonic Dynasties
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
  Chronology of the Pharaohs 
   The Significant People of Ancient Egypt 
  The King List 
Neferchichi's Tomb: PHARAOHS
PBS - Secrets of the Pharaohs: home - timeline of the pharaohs - historical maps - life in the ancient times
Egyptian Kings 
Kings and Queens Menu
Introduction to the Amarna Period 
The Amarna Site - more below in the section on Akhenaten
  Tutankhamun 
The Treasures of Tutankhamun 
   Guardian's King Tut 
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra - Cleopatra — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts 
  
TEMPLES, PALACES, & TWO OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Pyramids and Temples Menu
  Ancient Egypt for Kids - Temples
Temple of Amon - Karnak, Egypt - Great Buildings Online
  Tell El-Amarna 
The Palace of Rameses III 
The Temple of Deir el Bahari - Deir el-Bahari (Temple of Hatshepsut) - Deir el-Bahari - The attack at Deir el-Bahari and its aftermath
  The Seven Wonders: The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Seven Wonders: The Lighthouse of Alexandria 
  

DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Ancient Egypt for Kids - Daily Life - Index of Topics
  Egypt: Daily Life
    Daily Life 
  Early Agriculture and Herding - Agriculture and Civilization Arrive Along the Nile 
Egypt: Wine for the Afterlife - Ancient Egyptian Wine Making - Egyptian wine making
   Making Beer in Ancient Egypt - Ancient Egyptian Beer
The Food of the Ancient Egyptians - Food in Ancient Egypt - Egyptian Food - History for Kids! - Ancient Egyptian Food - Egyptian Food. What they ate in Ancient Egypt. Egyptian food and drink.
  Ancient Egyptian Bread Making
A Taste of the Ancient World: Karanis
Ancient Egyptian Children - Infant Mortality
  Egyptian Names
  Education
  Marriage and Adulthood - Kinship & Marriage - check the above section on Egyptian Women for more.
  WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Social Structure
  Merchants - Servants
Geography & Agriculture - check the above section on the Nile and Agriculture
Priest Caste 
Chariot Making
   Ancient Egyptian Games 
The Game of Senet -  The Interactive Game of Senet 
  Ancient Egyptian Houses - Ancient Egyptian Homes
  Ancient Egyptian Furniture - Ancient Egyptian Furniture in Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Glass Technology
  ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CLOTHING - Ancient Egypt: Clothing - Egyptian Clothing - History for Kids! - Egyptian Clothes
  Ancient Egyptian Hairstyles - Ancient Egyptian Beauty Aids - Egypt's Fragrant Golden Age - Ancient Egyptian Jewelry - Glass Beads, "Fabulous Fakes" and the  Birth of Costume Jewelry - Beauty Secrets of the Ancient Egyptians (Ancient Egypt beauty secrets)
Ancient Egyptian Papyrus - check the section above on Hieroglyphics/Writing for more.
     Ancient Egypt: Music and Dance - Music in Ancient Egypt - Music in Ancient Egypt
  Ancient Egyptian Quarrying
Ancient Egyptian Sanitation - The History of Plumbing - Egypt 
    Ancient Egyptian Furniture, Egypt Houses & Homes
    Lives of Non-Royal Women - Differences in Genders - Ancient Egyptian Midwifery and Childbirth - much more above in section on Ancient Egyptian Women
  Ancient History Sourcebook: Egyptian Love Poetry, c. 2000 - 1100 BCE

PHILOSOPHY & THE GODS 
  (AEL) Egyptian Gods & Religions 
The Religion of Ancient Egypt 
The Goddesses and Gods of Ancient Egypt
  MythHome: Glossary of Ancient Egyptian Mythology Terms
Ancient Egyptian Religion 
  Ancient Egyptian gods 
  Ancient Egyptian gods - Maat
Egyptian Mythology 
  The Egyptian Underworld
Astrology 
Priest Caste
Ancient Egypt: Religion
  Ancient Egyptians and Animals 
For more info on Egyptian Gods, visit my Myth, Legend, Folklore, Ghosts page!

THE MILITARY 
Ancient Egyptian Military
  More Ancient Egyptian Military
  The army in ancient Egypt
Chariot Making 
  Soldiers
  Ballistic properties in ancient Egyptian arrows 

SCIENCE & MATH  
  Egypt: Science, Math, and Technology
  Ancient Egyptian Science - Ancient Egyptian Science - History for Kids!
Egypt: Medication in Ancient Egypt
  Medicine 
Medicine Through Time - Egyptian Medicine
  INTERACTIVE DIAGRAM: Egyptian Medicine through Time 
Ancient Egyptian Medicine
  Egypt: Science and chemistry in ancient Egypt
  Egyptian mathematics and Numbers Hieroglyphs
  Egyptian numerals
  Egyptian Mathematical Papyri - Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
Calender System 
Astrology
Astronomy 

MAPS & IMAGES
Theban Mapping Project 
The Clickable Main Map of Ancient Egypt Page 
The Nile Delta near Alexandria 
  Alexander in the East Map 
PBS - Secrets of the Pharaohs: historical maps 
Gallery of Ancient Egypt 
  Image -- Three Slaves and a Stern Ramses II 
  Many more images available at the various sites listed on this page.
More historical maps are available on my Maps, Flags, Timelines page.

EGYPTIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE 
  ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Ancient Egypt & Near East
  TIMELINE: Ancient Art History 
  Egypt, 8000–2000 B.C. | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
   ANCIENT EGYPT ART IMAGES
  The Art of Ancient Egypt: A Web Resource - The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Egyptian Art 
Egyptian Architecture
ArtLex on Egyptian Art
Museums And Collections 
Art And Statues
The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology - Egyptian Artifacts Exhibit
    The Obverse Side of Narmer’s Palette - The Reverse Side of Narmer’s Palette 
The Treasures of Tutankhamun
   Guardian's Sphinx - NOVA Online/The Sphinx - NOVA Online/Pyramids/The Sphinx 
  The Origin of Portrait Sculpture. 
  A GROUP OF UNIQUE STATUES DISCOVERED AT GIZA 
  Amarna Art - more Armarna Art below in section on Akhenaten.
  Echoes of Eternity-Homepage 
Art Recognition: The Ancient World 
  NOVA Online | Secrets of Lost Empires | Pharaoh's Obelisk 
  Medusa Ancient Art - Egyptian Greek Roman Antiquities and Ancient Art
For more, visit my Art & Galleries page.

AKHENATEN - NEFERTITI - THE ARMARNA PERIOD 
  Who was Akhenaten? 
  Introduction to the Amarna Period 
  Akhenaten - The Glory of the Aten 
  TELL EL-AMARNA
  The Art of Pharaoh Akhenaten's Reign  
The Amarna Site 
    Welcome to The Akhet-Aten Home Page! 
  Amarna Art 
  The Outer Gallery of Amarna Art 
Akhenaten of Amarna, 18th Dynasty Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt 
  Pharaohs of the Sun

ALEXANDER THE GREAT & ALEXANDRIA
   Chronology of the reign of Alexander the Great
  Alexander the Great
    Egypt: Destinations - Alexandria 
The Library of Alexandria - Alexandria and its Library - All Empires
  NOVA Online | Treasures of the Sunken City
  The Seven Wonders: The Lighthouse of Alexandria
  *** The House of Ptolemy: Index Page ***
  For much more on Alexander and Macedonia & its history, visit my Ancient Greece page.

COOL EGYPTIAN STUFF
  Neferchichi's Tomb: CLIP ART - GREAT clip art and graphics for your report!
Egypt: Just for Kids - Egypt activities and games for Kids 
Egypt: Color Me Egypt: Just for Kids
  Ancient Egypt Quiz -- National Geographic
  Ancient Egypt for Kids - Free Online Activities and Games
  Terry's Egyptian Page - Games
  BBC - Mummy Maker
  BBC - Pyramid Challenge
  The Tomb of Perneb | Explore & Learn | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Ancient History in the Movies
    Your name in Hieroglyphs 
  The Interactive Game of Senet
   Ancient Egypt Kid Connection
Neferchichi's Tomb: LESSON PLANS 

MODERN EGYPT
  Egypt Guide -- National Geographic
Egypt Guide, Magazine, Egyptian Community and Egypt Travel
The Attack at Deir el-Bahari and its aftermath 
Check out my Country Information and Non-Western Cultures (in the Middle East section) pages!