Directory of Egypt Resources

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This category encompasses sites dedicated to the history and/or culture of Ancient Egypt.

Subcategories

• Amarna
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Art
• Hieroglyphs
• Mathematics
• Museums and Collections
• Mythology
• Pyramids
• Religion
• Royalty
• Scarabs
• Texts
• Women

Resources in This Category

• A Time Line of Ancient Egyptian History

  http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/time/explore/main.html
  Separate timelines for Egyptian history, writing, mummification, and pyramid building.

• Akhet Egyptology

  http://www.akhet.co.uk/
  Resources about the people and their culture, including a clickable mummy and original photography.

• Aldokkan

  http://www.aldokkan.com/
  Offers an elementary study of ancient Egypt by comparing the main aspects of each chronological Period.

• Ancient Egypt

  http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
  The British Museum gives information on Egyptian life, gods and goddesses, mummification, rulers, pyramids, temples, time, trade, and writing, as well as games to play online.

• Ancient Egypt

  http://kiaoranz.tripod.com/ancientegypt/
  Read about the pyramids, pharaohs, mummies, religion and art.

• Ancient Egypt

  http://ancient-egypt.blogspot.com/
  Pages translated from the Arabic Encyclopedia.

• Ancient Egypt

  http://egyptian12.blogspot.com/
  A blog presenting the history and culture of the civilization.

• Ancient Egypt and Egyptians

  http://www.ancientnile.co.uk/
  Read articles about the Egyptian civilization, gods, poetry, and hieroglyphics. Includes related multimedia and clip art.

• Ancient Egypt by History Link 101

  http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_egypt.htm
  Links to sites of art, biographies, daily life, maps, pictures and research on Ancient Egypt.

• Ancient Egypt Online

  http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/
  A general guide, topics include pharaohs, queens, gods, hieroglyphics, daily life and mummification.

• Ancient Egypt Online

  http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/
  Resource featuring information on gods, monuments, hieroglyphs and kings.

• Ancient Egypt Research Associates

  http://www.aeraweb.org/
  The mission and people, projects, specialties, artifacts, and resources.

• Ancient Egypt Web

  http://automaticfreeweb.com/index.cfm?s=ancientegyptweb
  Articles and pictures on architecture, gods and godesses, kings, tools and inventions, and special knowledge.

• Ancient Egypt: an Introduction to its History and Culture

  http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/
  Features history, culture, and mythology with a glossary and translations of ancient texts.

• Ancient Egyptian History

  http://www.aldokkan.com/egypt/egypt.htm
  Read about the periods, kingdoms and kings of ancient Egypt.

• 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.

• Canadian Museum of Civilization - Mysteries of Egypt

  http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/egypte.shtml
  Online exhibition shows highlights Egyptian architecture, culture, daily life. Take a virtual tour of the tomb of Tutankhamen, timeline and bibliography.

• Caroline Seawright's Egyptology Column

  http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/
  Has articles on deities, hieroglyphs and general areas.

• Crystalinks: Ancient Egypt

  http://www.crystalinks.com/egypt.html
  An extensive personal collection of articles and photographs covering art, architecture, society, and religious practices.

• Death in Ancient Egypt

  http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/DEATH.HTML
  Information on funerary customs, shabtis, mummies, tombs, offerings, Egyptian personality, and the soul.

• Digital Egypt for Universities

  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/
  An exploration of Ancient Egypt from Aswan to the Mediterranean from University College London. Includes an extensive A-Z index, maps, timelines, and learning resources.

• Dogs and Jackals

  http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/DogsAndJackals.html
  Ancient game with rules.

• Early Dynastic Egypt

  http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/
  Francesco Raffaele presents an illustrated history of the second and third dynasties, king by king, with references. Also corpora of First Dynasty labels and Early Dynastic inscriptions, and articles.

• Egypt

  http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/people.html
  A social pyramid.

• Egypt - Land of Eternity

  http://members.tripod.com/~ib205/
  Land, history, kings, tombs, animal cults and temples.

• Egyptian Art

  http://www.metmuseum.org/
  An online catalogue of the art collection housed in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Egyptian Creation Myths

  http://www.egyptartsite.com/crea.html
  Atum and Khepri, the great creators.

• Egyptian Diamond

  http://www.egyptiandiamond.com/
  Articles on a range of topics, from mythology to everyday life.

• Egyptian Monuments

  http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/
  Descriptions and photographs of monuments and sites.

• Egyptian Theben Desert

  http://www.museumphotography.com/
  Photographic exhibit of Western Theben Desert, large format black and white photographs at the Chicago Cultural Center by Yarko Kobylecky.

• Egyptological

  http://www.egyptological.com/
  Journal and photo albums about this period.

• Egyptology Resources

  http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/
  Internet resources, including mailing lists, news and gossip, contact information for institutes and individuals, journals and links from Nigel Strudwick.

• Evan and Orla's Egyptian Research Page

  http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~talmar/egypt.htm
  Paragraph-long summaries of politics, education, leisure, religion, and other aspects of ancient Egypt.

• Everyday Life and Fun in Ancient Egypt

  http://kravcev9.tripod.com/arch3/
  Pictures and descriptions of pastimes, dance, games, and sports.

• Experiments in Egyptian Archaeology

  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=107986723
  Denys A. Stocks examines the archaeological and pictorial evidence for masonry, 2003.

• From Luxor to Aswan

  http://www.charlesmiller.co.uk/fla/
  Resource on temples and monuments between Aswan and Luxor. Also has information on pharaohs and travel tips.

• Guardian's Egypt

  http://www.guardians.net/
  Andrew Bayuk's gateway to resources, including ancient history and culture, music, mythology, panoramic views, museums and exhibits, and an interviews with Dr. Zahi Hawass.

• History - Ancient Egypt

  http://vlib.iue.it/history/chronological/ancient_egypt.html
  Links to resources for all eras and kingdoms.

• Hyksos

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyksos
  A history of the nomadic horde from Asia who appeared in the eastern Nile Delta.

• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook - Egypt

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook04.asp
  Collection of online material.

• King Tutankhamun

  http://www.angelfire.com/ca/pye/kingtut.html
  Brief summary.

• Life in Ancient Egypt

  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=80953051
  Detailed older account of domestic life, religion, magic, medicine, and commerce by Adolf Erman, 1894.

• Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt

  http://www.eyelid.co.uk/
  Information on pyramids and temples, including computer-generated reconstructions, list of dynasties and rulers with details of a selection of the more famous, and an introduction to hieroglyphs.

• Medicine in Ancient Egypt

  http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/egypt.HTM
  Papyrus documents, and diseases, parasites, and deformities with references.

• Museo Gregoriano Egiziano

  http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/EG-Egiziano.html
  Images with informational content.

• Nekhen, Greek Hierakonpolis

  http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/hierakonpolis.htm
  Description and history of this early urban center from 4000 B.C. has many links to key names, places, and related topics; a Tour Egypt Feature Story by Marie Parsons.

• Ptolemaic Coins and Hoards

  http://www.ptolemaic.net/
  Presents methods of attribution of Ptolemaic coins and applies these to determine the dates of coins in the "Coinex Hoard" (180-170 BCE).

• Pyramids - The Inside Story

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
  Tours in QuickTime VR, explains how the pyramids were constructed and by whom, includes covering a 1997 excavation of the bakery that fed the pyramid builders.

• Reeder's Egypt

  http://www.egyptology.com/reeder/
  Dedicated to examining aspects of the art, archaeology, religion, and history.

• Rising Water Table Threatens Egypt's Monuments

  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0531_020531_TVwatertable.html
  Examines the problem of rising water tables in the Nile Delta and throughout Egypt, its effects on Egypt's monuments, and some solutions; by Chad Cohen, National Geographic.

• Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities

  http://sseamontrealvip.homestead.com/anglais.html
  Society that proposes a deeper study of the ancient Egyptian civilization in the antiquity world.

• Temples of Ancient Egypt

  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103684979
  A summation of the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use by Dieter Arnold, Lanny Bell, Ragnhild Bjerre Finnestad, Gerhard Haeny, Byron E. Shafer, 1997.

• Terri's World of Egyptology

  http://www.angelfire.com/la/egyptology/
  A list of dynasties and rulers, queen list and an introduction to some well-known pharaohs, including a mummification process, hieroglyphics translator, and love songs.

• The Akhet-Aten Home Page

  http://katherinestange.com/egypt/index.html
  Information resource on the Amarna Period.

• The Ancient Egyptians

  http://www.theancientegyptians.com/
  Information on different aspects of the period.

• The Bibliography of Ancient Egypt

  http://www.ptahhotep.com/
  Categorized listing of books, cd-roms, videos, cds and audiobooks with much information, including ISBNs, publisher and reviews.

• The Experience of Ancient Egypt

  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103322542
  Rosalie David provides an engaging portrait of what we know about ancient Egypt today, examining issues of religion, beliefs and practices surrounding death, everyday life, and literature, 2000.

• The History of Plumbing - Egypt

  http://www.theplumber.com/egypt.html
  Article describing plumbing.

• The House of Ptolemy

  http://www.houseofptolemy.org/
  Annotated listings of resources for the Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine rulers of Egypt and their world, from 331-30 B.C.E.

• The Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt - A Modern Investigation of Pharaoh's Workforce

  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103063438
  A complete text by A. R.David, 1996.

• The Status of Women in Egyptian Society

  http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/womneg.htm
  Discussion of status throughout ancient Egyptian history.

• The Various Possible Methods of Pyramid Construction

  http://touregypt.net/construction/construc.htm
  Simple explanation with images.

• Theban Mapping Project

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

• Virtual Egypt

  http://www.virtual-egypt.com/
  An educational, multimedia resource and community about ancient Egypt.

• Virtual Egypt - Table of Events

  http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/tableofevents.html
  A list of various important rulers and events.

• Who's Who in Ancient Egypt

  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=102896934
  Michael Rice brings to life a wide and colorful variety of intriguing personalities, 1999.

• Who's Who of Egypt

  http://touregypt.net/who/
  Biographies of important people.

• Yahoo Groups - Amun

  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Amun/
  Moderated forum is intended specifically for the sharing of historical knowledge of ancient Egypt.

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