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The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Egypt through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).

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• Abydos

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/index.html
  Important centre in the Naqada and Early Dynastic Periods. Includes information, maps and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• Amarna Project

  http://www.amarnaproject.com/
  Provides an overview, a guidebook, a model of the city, current research, and preservation of ancient Akhetaten. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and color photos.

• ArchBase

  http://www.archbase.org/
  A site for archaeological databases.

• Badari

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/badari/index.html
  Settlement in Middle Egypt. Includes information and photographs of a range of artifacts found in the many tombs.

• BBC News Online: Library of Alexandria Discovered

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3707641.stm
  Dr David Whitehouse reports that archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the fabled Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning.

• Bir Umm Fawakhir

  http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9703/Meyer-9703.html
  Insights into ancient gold mining community in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt.

• Bradshaw Foundation: The Pyramids of Egypt

  http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/pyramids_of_egypt/
  Nabil Swelim provides a number of articles on the pyramids and how they were built.

• Cleopatra's Palace Found

  http://www.archaeology.org/9703/newsbriefs/alexandria.html
  Obscured by murky water for more than 1,500 years, remains of the ancient capital of the Ptolemies have been found in Egypt's Port of Alexandria, reports Archaeology.

• Egypt Exploration Society: Research

  http://www.ees.ac.uk/research/index.html
  Provides reports on various projects including a survey of Memphis and the Delta Survey.

• Egyptian Stonehenge

  http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/locations/egypt_stone.htm
  From NASA, the site, known as Nabta, is between 6,000 and 6,500 years old, or about 1,000 years older than Stonehenge.

• Egyptians Arrested in Mummy Plot

  http://www.cjonline.com/stories/110103/pag_egyptians.shtml
  From the Capital-Journal, a senior Egyptian official and six other government employees have been arrested for trying to sell a mummy to an undercover officer, police said Friday

• Elkab

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/elkab/index.html
  Important settlement and cemetery site in Upper Egypt. Includes information and photographs of some artifacts.

• Excavations at Amheida

  http://www.amheida.org/
  The Columbia University digging of a settlement in the Dakhleh Oasis from the 3rd millennium BCE Old Kingdom to the 6th century CE early Christian period. Student information, maps, reports and bibliography.

• Giza Archives Project

  http://www.gizapyramids.org/
  Provides integrated, online access to the excavations of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University. Includes panoramic views, archives, and a database.

• Giza Pyramids: Follow the Excavation

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/
  Information about the 1997 excavation work at the Giza pyramids by Mark Lehner, from Nova Online.

• Gurob

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/gurob/index.html
  Important town with palace, town and necropolis at the entrance to the Fayum. Includes information, maps and photographs of a range of artifacts and tombs.

• Hierakonpolis

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/hierakonpolis/index.html
  Cemeteries and settlement site, of prime importance in the Pre- and Early Dynastic Period. Includes information, maps, plans and photographs of artifacts.

• How to Build a Pyramid

  http://www.archaeology.org/0705/etc/pyramid.html
  Article by Bob Brier describing the external ramp and crane theories for the construction of the Giza Pyramid, and putting forward a new internal ramp theory, as presented by Jean-Pierre Houdin.

• Koptos

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/koptos/index.html
  Koptos was an important place since at least the Early Dynastic Period. Includes information, map and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• KV-10 - Amenmesse Project

  http://www.kv-10.com/
  Report on excavations in KV-10, the tomb of Amenmesse, with background and history, season summaries, a diagram of the tomb, and color photos.

• Memphis

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/memphis/index.html
  Administrative centre of Egypt in the Old Kingdom, much of the New Kingdom, and the Late Period. Includes information and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• Meydum

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/meydum/index.html
  Meydum is the site of a cemetery from the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty and also the first "true" pyramid. Includes a map, information and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• Naqada

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/naqada/index.html
  Settlement and cemeteries, including the ancient town, Nubt. Includes information, maps and photographs.

• Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project

  http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/
  Excavated in Egypt in the early 1900s, these papyri have restored to us lost Greek texts. Oxford University provides an online exhibition, conference proceedings, photographs and published volumes.

• Qau

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/qau/index.html
  A series of cemeteries near the modern village of Qau. Includes information and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• Saqqara Online

  http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/
  Official website of the Leiden Excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara in Egypt, a joint project of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, the Netherlands, and Leiden University. Includes history, a timeline, photos, and a map.

• Secrets of the Lost Tomb

  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101950529-134211,00.html
  Discovery of a large tomb complex by Kent Weeks.

• Sedment

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/sedment/index.html
  A collection of cemeteries south of the Fayum. Includes maps, information and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• Tarkhan

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/tarkhan/index.html
  Tarkhan is one of the most important cemeteries from the time of state formation (about 3000 BC), with over 200 tombs. Includes information, map and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• The Antiquity of Man

  http://www.antiquityofman.com/
  A comprehensive academic website covering the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods of Egypt, hominid evolution, and exposing the vacuum of pseudoscience. Includes: summaries of current academic thinking, research projects and debates.

• The Berenike Project

  http://www.archbase.com/berenike/english1.html
  History and reports on the excavations at the site and the survey of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, from 1994 to the present.

• The Bir Umm Fawakhir Project

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/faw/
  Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago survey of a 5th-7th century site in Egypt.

• The Discovery of the Tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza

  http://guardians.net/hawass/buildtomb.htm
  An illustrated article by Dr. Zahi Hawass on the tombs of artisans and administrators who worked on the Giza pyramid complexes.

• The Eastern Desert Ware Pages

  http://www.barnard.nl/EDWdata/index.html
  Eastern Desert Ware (EDW) refers to a rather recently identified corpus of relatively small, hand-made vessels with a remarkable surface treatment, mostly dating from the 4th-6th centuries AD and found in the Eastern Desert, between the Nile and the Red Sea.

• The Epigraphic Survey

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/epi/
  Oriental Institute at University of Chicago survey of Luxor directed by W. Raymond Johnson.

• The Luxor-Farshut Desert Road Project

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/des/
  (Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago) Survey of a desert site which has revealed various ancient graffiti.

• The Theban Mapping Project

  http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
  A comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes. Visit each tomb in the Valley of the Kings through the interactive atlas with plans, descriptions, images and movies. Articles on the history of Thebes, tomb development and decoration. Staff, progress reports and publications.

• The Tomb of Senneferi

  http://www.newton.ac.uk/egypt/tt99/
  Nigel Strudwick of Cambridge University describes his excavation at Theban Tomb 99, Luxor. Location, Senneferi and his family, history, architecture, wall paintings, dig diaries, publications. Includes plans, photographs and Quicktime VR movies.

• The Weights and Measures of Ancient Egypt

  http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/measures.htm
  Illustrated article by Jimmy Dunn.

• Thebes

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/thebes/index.html
  Important town from the New Kingdom onwards. Includes maps, information and photographs of a range of artifacts.

• Tombs of the Unknown Workers

  http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/11/egypt.pyramids/
  Discovery of the tombs of the pyramid builders.

• Topographical and Petrological Survey of Ancient Egyptian Quarries

  http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Harrell/Egypt/Quarries/Quarries_Menu.html
  Features a methodology paper by James A. Harrell and V. Max Brown, University of Toledo. Includes photos and maps.

• Virtual Kahun

  http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/ancientegypt/virtualkahun/
  Joint project between Manchester Museum and Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Visitors have the chance to explore pyramid builders' town in virtual reality and to search the collections.

• Waseda University Egyptian Expedition

  http://www.waseda.jp/prj-egypt/index-E.html
  Detailed reports on excavations at Dashur North, Malqata, tomb of Amenophis III, the Theban Necropolis, Abusir South, the Khufu Boat and al-Fustat. The pyramids survey at Giza.

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