Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Ancient
Egypt Teacher Resource Page. You will find Internet resources on
topics of interest to teachers, librarians and students. The ISLMC is
a preview site. You can search this site,
use an index or sitemap. Revised 3/13/03
Pyramid at Giza
[Collections]
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[Geography]
[Timelines]
[History]
[Everyday Life]
[Mathematics]
[Pyramids, Temples & Tombs]
[Religion]
[Mummification]
[Pharaohs]
[Tutankhamun]
[Writing, Papyrus]
[Military]
[Antiquities]
[Archaeology]
[Museums]
[Nubia/Kush]
[Books &
Other
Media]
[Lesson Plans]
[For Kids]
Collections
Ancient
Egypt & Kingdom of Kush
Web based resources to support a sixth grade unit;
from Oakland Unified School District
Guardian's Egypt
Cyberjourney; Egypt books; Egypt news; pyramids; kings and
queens;
sites and monuments; cool digs; museums and exhibits
A New Look
at Ancient Egypt
From University of Pennsylvania. Hieroglyphs, pharaohs,
life of the
average Egyptian, more
The Christian
Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt
Tour Egypt
Great site for research. Keyword search on this site for
mummies,
kings and other info. Provides definitions for words such as
barque;
other documents have great
pictures.
See, for example, Valley of the
Kings Lists tombs and gives pictures of each.
Ancient
Egypt
From Urbana
Middle School's Ancient
Civilizations
Think
Quest Junior. Ancient Egypt
Games, timeline, Rosecrucian Museum, mummies, hieroglyphics,
pyramids,
Gods & Goddesses, glossary, bibliography, resources
Mark Milmore's
Ancient Egypt
Egypt; pyramids; pharaohs; hieroglyphs
Egypt's Culture Net
Very colorful, massive site. Must browse.
Egyptology Resources for
Ancient Egypt
By Nigel Strudwick; Newton Institute, University of
Cambridge
Egypt.com
Egyptian business directory
Michael C. Carlos
Museum. Ancient Egyptian Art
Look under "Odyssey" for Online exhibit from Emory
University
Images from
Ancient Civilizations
Includes Egypt, Rome & Greece.
Oriental
Institute Photographic Archives: Egypt
Photographs from early expeditions to Egypt.
Also has Abu Simbel, Luxor, Sakkara, Tutankhamun
Statue
Smithsonian
Use the search function to locate resources, as:
Haunting
Faces from the Banks of the Nile
Out
of Egypt: Art in the Age of the Pyramids
Egyptian
Pyramid
Egyptian
Mummies
Pharaoh's Clinic
Review of papyri, other materials on mummies.
From ThinkQuest
University of Michigan
Papyrus Collection
Searchable database of papyrus collection
The Institute of Egyptian
Art and Archaeology
Includes artifacts, color tour of a dozen ancient Egyptian
sites
along the Nile River, other egyptian sites
Ancient Egypt
Webquest
Bibliographies, activities, graphics, lesson plans
Rigby's World of
Egypt
Maps, antiquities, Tutankhamen, chronology
Center for
Computer-Aided Egyptological Research
Egyptological resources has articles and links; virtual
exhibition of objects
Life in Ancient
Egypt
From Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Ancient Egyptian Art and
Culture
Religion, social and cultural life, hieroglyphics, art,
references
and links
Egypt
Information Search Directory
Los Egipcios
History of Egypt; only Spanish language seems to be working;
from ThinkQuest
Ancient Egypt
Daily life, pictures, art, biography, maps. From HistoryLink
101
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Ask an
Egyptologist
Ask an
Egyptologist
This Ask an Egyptologist site from the Royal Ontario
Museum is not active over the summer; visit in the fall
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Geography
British
Museum. Geography of Egypt
Main
Map of Ancient Egypt From Minnesota State EMuseum
Library of Congress.
Egypt Country Study
Ancient
Egypt. Geography
Map of Egypt
National
Geographic. Map Machine
Oriental
Institute Map Series. Egypt/Nubia
Map. Valley of the
Kings
From the Theban Mapping Project
Egypt
State Information Service. The River
Nile Introduction
Thinkquest.
The Living Africa: Nile River Comprehensive
Nile Basin
Initiative Comprehensive
The
Geography of Egypt through the Eyes of Herodotus
From Kibbutz Reshafim; for biographical information,
see Herodotus
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Timelines
British Museum.
Time
Timekeeping, investigate time lines; game
Egypt
Under "Contents" see "Resources" for timeline
Library of Congress
Country Studies
Organized chronologically
A
Chronology of Ancient Egypt
Portals
to Eternity Chronology
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Top]
History
Egypt. Learning
Module
History & people; culture; resources
ThinkQuest. EgyptWorld
Early expeditions; art; tombs and pyramids; pharaohs;
construction
tools; historic timelines; classroom tools & quizzes;
museums
Emuseum.
History of Ancient Egypt
Dynasties; periods; significant people; timeline of
Ancient
Egyptian History
The House of
Ptolemy
Ptolemaic, Greco-Roman, Byzantine and Modern Egypt
Egyptians -
History
Information on a wide range of topics, including people,
religion; from BBC
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Everyday Life
Tour Egypt Monthly.
Articles
Ancient
Egypt. Daily Life
Animals
in Ancient Egypt
Information, lesson plans; from Rhode Island Network
for Educational Technology (RINET)
Arts and Crafts in the
Age of the Pyramids
Writing, sculpture & painting, textils; from Royal
Ontario Museum
Food
Production in Egypt By period; from Digital Egypt
British Museum.
Trades
Ancient
Egypt. Everyday Life
Music, cosmetics, games, furniture, festivals, diet,
jewelry,
amulets, life as a young boy, fun follow up activities.
From Curry School of Education
Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt
Family; home furnishings; jewelry; cosmetics; gods & religion;
funerary
customs; natural world; chronology
The
Ancient Egypt Web Site
From Our Lady & St. Joseph RC Primary School. Read the
students'
projects. Information on every aspect of everyday life
Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt
The Nile: The Geography & Agriculture, religion, the priestly
caste,
kinship & marriage, medicine, calendar system, hieroglyphics,
astronomy,
astrology, chariot making, garment making, quarrying, bee &
wine making,
ethnozoology, games, furniture, glass making, hairstyles,
beauty
aids, papyrus paper making, sanitation
Marvelous Melokiyah
Food still enjoyed today; includes recipe
The
History of Plumbing - Egypt
From PlumbingSuppy.com
The Pharaonic Village
Brief information from the Tour Egypt site
Party Time in Ancient
Egypt
From Tour Egypt Monthly
Beauty Secrets of the Ancient
Egyptians
From Tour Egypt Monthly
Rigby's
Ancient Egyptian Lives#1
Food producers, craftsmen
Rigby's
Ancient Egyptian Lives #2
Dwellings, personal appearance & health, play, music
Rigby's
Ancient Egyptian Lives #3
Literacy, payment for services and products
Egyptian
Civilization. Daily Life
Food, shelter, transportation, trades and crafts, clothing
and adornment.
From Civilization.ca
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Mathematics
Related page: History of Mathematics
Babylonian
and Egyptian Mathematics
History of
Mathematics: Egyptian Math, Pi...
Space down for Egyptian math; from Mathematical
History
Webster's
History of Mathematics
Includes Ancient Egyptian mathematics. Space down
Egyptian
Mathematics
Overview, papyri, numerals, history of zero; from University
of St. Andrews
Rhind
Papyrus
From University of Singapore
Egyptian
Fractions
Advanced; from David Eppstein, University of
California
Kris' Egyptian
Fraction Applet
The Akhmin Papyrus From
MathPages.com
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Pyramids, Temples &
Tombs
The Seven Wonders of
the Ancient World
From the Egypt WWW
Index
The
Pyramids
Resurrection machine, prehistory, The Step Pyramid, inside
the pyramids; from Egypt Information Service
The
Sphinx
Great Sphinx in Situ; Sphinx in pictures, age of the
Sphinx; from Egypt Information Service
Seaworld.
Pyramid
Power Introduction
British
Museum. Pyramids
Introduction, read a story, explore a reconstruction
[Khufu], challenge
British Museum.
Temples
Information, read a story, explore a temple, challenge
NOVA
Online/Pyramids
NOVA
Online. Old Kingdom
Great Sphinx of Giza, Khufu Pyramid, Khafre Pyramid,
Pharaoh's
Boat, Giza Plateau, Converging Pyramids
NOVA Online. New
Kingdom
Colossus of Memnon, Great Court, Karnak Temple, Temple of
Ramses III, Great Hypostyle Hall, Obelisk Court, Luxor Temple,
Pylon with Obelisk, Ramses the Great, Tomb of Rekhmire, Tomb
of Ramose
Egyptvoyager.com
The Giza Plateau
The Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure. Use links at the
bottom
of the page for individual pages
. The Virtual
Tour has LiveCam
The Giza Plateau
From University of Memphis
Guardian's Giza
Plateau
Layout map, the Pyramids, Sphinx
Djoser Step
Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt
Extensive information on the site; maps;
great visuals.
Good information on construction of the pyramid.
Pyramids and Temples
From Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
Guardian's Sphinx at
Giza
Information & pictures from Guardians
GreatBuildings.com.
Great Pyramid of Khufu
The UnMuseum.The Great
Pyramid
Guardian's
Dahshur, Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid
The Great Pyramid of
Cheops (Khufu)
Guardian's Giza.
Pyramid of Khafre
Temple of Abu Simbel
History, pictures [click for enlargement]
The Tomb of
Harwa
Saqqara
The Tomb of Senneferi at
Luxor in Egypt
National Geographic. At the
Tomb of Tutankhamen
Explore the Pyramids
From PBS's NOVA.
Theban
Mapping Project
Includes Theban Necropolis, Valley of the Kings, KV5,
Egyptology, Atlas (available for purchase)
Valley of the
Kings Foundation
Amarna Royal Tombs Project; news; articles
Ryan-Egyptian
Archeology
Valley of the Kings; good illustrations; Large number of
links; from Dr. Thomas Ryan
Egypt : Valley of the
Kings
Descriptive information, numerous photographs; from Tour
Egypt
Egyptian
Architecture The Sphinx; fortresses; the pyramids of Giza
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Religion
Classical Traditions, Major
Religions & Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
Background information, definitions, reasons for studying the
era,
standards for student
achievement.
British Museum.
Gods & Goddesses
Emuseum.
The Religion of Ancient Egypt
Divine Ennead - Heliopolitan; Hermopolitan Ogdoad; Memphite
Theology - Priest Caste; List of Gods - Egyptian Astrology
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Mummification
British Museum.
Mummification
National
Geographic World
Magazine. Mummies Unmasked
National
Geographic. Mummy Quiz
Ask
the Mummy
Answers FAQs about mummies; kids site
from Royal Ontario Museum
Mummy Tombs
Everything about mummies, including making your own
mummy
How to
Make a
Mummy
From National Geographic
Cyber
Mummy
A K-12 project by teachers and students on developing video
related to
mummies. How has modern technology aided in the study of
mummies?
National Geographic.
Make a Mummy
Mummies of Ancient
Egypt
What is a mummy? How were they made? Who were they? The
afterlife
from University of Michigan
Smithsonian.
Egyptian
Mummies
Mummy
What is a mummy? Egyptian mummies. From ThinkQuest
Seaworld.
Mummy
Maze
Mummimals
From Seaworld
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Pharaohs
British Museum.
Pharaoh
Build
a Pharoah
Art project for kids; from Royal Ontario Museum;
coloring book; other material
Dynasties
of Ancient Egypt
In numerical order; also Timeline
of Ancient Egypt;
from Minnesota State University
Significant
People in Egyptian History
Includes pharaohs, such as Ramses II, Nefertiti,
Tutankhamun;
also famous individuals associated such as Darius III,
Xerxes;
From Minnesota State University
Pharaohs
of the Sun. Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen
From Comopolis Magazine
Famous
Pharaohs
Includes Hatshepsut, Akhenaton, Cleopatra, Ramses II; from Ms.
Kim's
class, John Witherspoon Middle School
Cleopatra's
House
Clickable image; also Marc Antony and Julius Caesar;
From Minnesota State University
Hatshepsut,
Queen of Egypt
By David Koeller, North Park University
Hatshepsut
From Tour Egypt
Nefertari
and Her Tomb in Egypt
Article from Tour Egypt
Ramses the
Great
Article from Tour Egypt; also information on Hittites
Mark
Millmore's Ancient Egypt. Thutmose III, The Napoleon of Ancient
Egypt
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Tutankhamun
Civilization.ca.
Mysteries of Egypt
Civilization, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, exhibits, virtual
tour of
Tutankhamun's Tomb
Guardian's Egypt. Kings and
Queens Complete list, dates
King
Tut
Layout, treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb
from Mattson Junior High School
Tutankhamen
Includes tour of Tutankhamen's tomb; From Egypt Information
Service [spelling from site]
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Writing, Papyrus
Writing
Role of writing in Egyptian society, Age of the
Pyramids; from Royal Ontario Museum
Papyrus
From a
commercial firm which sells papyrus.
Excellent discussion of history and
how to make papyrus.
British Museum.
Writing
Hieroglyphs
What are they? from NOVA Online
Hieroglyphic
alphabet
Spell your name in hieroglyphs;; from Royal Ontario
Museum
Reading Hieroglyphs - The
First Steps
Online course on deciphering the script; from Egyptologica
Vlaanderen VZW [Under development]
Emuseum.
Hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone; the hieroglyphic alphabet; the
hieroglyphic
tutor; hieroglyphics and mathematics links
Seaworld.
Hieroglyphics
Symbols, write your own name
Rosetta
Stone's Site
Quiz for kids; coloring book; pharoahs; mummies;
from Cleveland Museum of Art
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Military
Emuseum.
Ancient Egyptian Military
Lakeland
School. Egypt Military
Ramses' Great
Horses - The Battle
Illustrated with Egyptian drawings; from the Nile Muse
The
Nile Muse
Breeders & admirers of the Egyptian and desert blood
Arabian
horse; very information on horse history
Chariot
Making
From Minnesota State University
Egypt: The
Evolution of Warfare Part 1.
Feature illustrated article from Tour Egypt
Egypt: The
Evolution of Warfare Part 2.
Feature illustrated article from Tour Egypt
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Antiquities
The
Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities
Keep up with current
news!
Egyptian
Museum
From their collection
Emuseum.
Egyptian Art
Pottery, stone, ceramics
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Archaeology
Emuseum.
Archaeology of Egypt
History of Egyptology; the archaeologists; technology in
Ancient
Egyptian archaeology; archaeological sites of Egypt; weird
theories
The Pyramids - The
Inside Story
From PBS. Explore excavations and see various
views of
the pyramids.
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Museums
Egyptian
Museum Antiquities from their collection
British Museum. Ancient
Egypt
Indexed at ISLMC. Life, geography, gods & goddesses,
mummification,
Pharaoh,
pyramids, temples, time, trades, writing
Canadian
Museum of Civilization Corp.: Mysteries
of
Egypt
Civilization, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, virtual tour of King
Tut's Tomb;
From Civilization.ca
EMuseum.
Ancient
Egyptian Culture
Daily life; art; military; architecture; hieroglyphs;
religion;
maps; history; archaeology; book references.Minnesota State University
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Nubia & Kush
Images from
World History
Ancient Sudan, Kingdom of Kush; from Images from History,
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Ancient Egypt &
Kingdom Of Kush
Resource library; curriculum resources; from Core Values
Internet Resource Library
ThinkQuest.
Ancient
Nubia
Nubian civilization; Bronze Age Nubia; Kingdom of Kush;
Resources
Nubia / Sudan
Archaeology
Includes historical information
Ancient
History Sourcebook: Accounts of Meroe, Kush, and Axum, c 430 BCE -
550 CE
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Books & Other Media
Egypt. A
Bibliography for Children and Young Adults
A bibliography of books on
Egypt for grades 4 up.
Egypt - Recommended
Resources
From Royal Ontario Museum
Ancient
Egypt. Video & Lesson Plans
From Discovery Channel
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Lesson Plans
The Art of
Egypt
Activities and sites; by Christine Merriam, Intermediate
School
DiscoverySchool.com
Use search term Egypt; Offers several lesson plans
Ancient Egypt:
Student Activity Sheets
Geography; history; hieroglyphs; King Tut, Daily life;
Burial
practices; Pyramids; mythology. From Gander Academy
Ancient
Egypt; A Fifth Grade Unit By Cherie Dean.
Hieroglyphic
Art Project
From TeachNet.
Lesson plan
Ancient
Egypt
Language arts, social studies for grades 6-8; by Christine
Lenoir;
from AskEric
Ancient
Egypt and Hieroglyphics
Grade 2; Social studies, grade ; by Rita Leonardi;
AskEric
Mummification
Science, process skills, social science grades 6-8;
by Connie
Armstrong; AskEric
Ancient
Egypt Lesson Plans
From Detroit Institute of Arts
Fun
with Hieroglyphics
Social studies; grade 4; by Dianna Conley and Brandy Hall;
AskEric
Letters
from Felix
Language arts, social studies, geography, grades 2-4; by Abby
Sabo;
from AskEric
Comparing
Cultures
Social studies, multicultural education; grades 1-5;
uses Shirley Climo's The Egyptian Cinderella;
by Michael Wilson; AskEric
The
World on a String
Geography; grades 4-8; by Shirley Lomax; AskEric
My
Pyramid - Preparing for a Journey
Language arts, writing, grades 4-8; by Noreen Kraig,
AskEric
Ancient Egypt
Activity
Helps compare life then and now
NOVA. Scaling the
Pyramids
Ancient
Egypt
Project page from Mrs. Coburn's sixth grade class; papyrus,
hieroglyphics,
gods and more. Bibliography.
DIA
Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans
Art, language arts, math & science, mummies, social
studies
NOVA.
Pharaoh's Obelisk. How Big Were They?
Grades 3 up
Hieroglyphs: Say
What?
Grades 6-12; from PBS
NOVA. How Did
They Do It? Lever Loads
Pyramids:
Could You Build One Today Using Yesterday's Tools
Grade 7; by Angela Gasson
NOVA
Online. Secrets of Lost Empires
Grade 6 up; Lever loads; cutting granite with sand
Teacher Created
Internet Plans. Ancient Egypt
Sixth grade. Egyptian artifacts
Teacher
CyberGuide. The Golden Goblet
From the book by Elouise Jarvis McGraws. Sixth grade
Ancient
Egypt Webquest
Activities; many useful links; by Matthew Durant
Ancient
Lands -
Egypt
Sixth grade; based on the book The Egypt Game by
Zilpha Keatley Snyder; technology, language arts
David Macaulay Teacher
Resource File
Lesson plans for his book, Pyramid
Field Trip to Ancient
Egypt
Activities developed by Mrs. Desler's 6th grade classes
Frisbie
Math Fair: Building a Pyramid
Grades 6-8; from Frisbie Middle School
Ancient
Egyptian/African Literature Activity
Grades 9-12. Research project in library information
skills.
Dated but adaptable
Ancient
Egypt. Funeral Rites
Ancient history; grades 6-8; from Discovery Channel
Ancient Egypt Web
Quest
Fun activities, including stories, word search, art, glossary,
bibliography, activities by subject area
Ancient
Egypt Bingo
Sixth grade; Mr. Donn's class
Unit Plan.
Ancient Egypt & Kingdom of Kush
Grade 6; menu page for curriculum based
resources; Oakland
Unified School District
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For Kids
,a
href="http://www.alpher.net.au/hpages/debbie/egypt/enter.html">Ancient
Egypt for Kids
Life in ancient Egypt, Pyramids and the Sphinx, King
Tutankhamun, mummies, boats, hieroglphics, An Age of Gold,
animals,
the gods, Valley of the Kings, Ramses II, links
Egypt Fun Guide
Egypt site includes hieroglyphics, vocabulary, mummy maze,
mummimals, make your own cartouche, crossword clues,
archaeologist's challenge, a nation of irrigation, pyramid power, secrets of
the Nile; from Seaworld
Cleveland
Museum of Art Rosetta Stone Exhibit
Kid quiz; fact/fiction; ask the mummy; build a pharaoh;
meet
Sahara the Scarab; coloring book; book list; hidden
treasures
Neferchichi's Tomb
Lots of clip art; all about mummies; phamous pharaohs;
lesson
plans; book list; kids page; teacher page
Odyssey Egypt
