Ancient Egypt Links: History, Archaeology, Culture

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To follow, several posts of links to Ancient Egypt sites. If you are looking for information on Ancient Egypt but don't have much time, any two or three of these first ten links will give you more than enough to wade through. All of them have web pages on, or links to every aspect of Ancient Egyptian culture and its study.

This first post contains some of the best sites I found (but there are many great sites not listed here!), and the most comprehensive sites.

The second post, some really great Interactive sites, most notably the Theban Mapping Project, a don't miss site. It does help if you have a fast internet connection.

The third post, resources for teachers and students.

And the fourth post, written histories of Ancient Egypt, and some great glossaries if you are looking for the meaning of a term - followed by a few miscellaneous sites, an Ancient Egypt exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, photography from the early 20th century, and a bibliography of books about Ancient Egypt.

Some of the best sites, and links sites

Ancient Civilizations Links - many great links
http://killeenroos.com/link/anchist.htm

The Ancient Egypt Site - Ancient-Egypt.org, created by Egyptologist Jacques Kinnaer
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

Ancient Egypt at The British Museum
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

The Guardian's Egypt
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/

Guardian's Cybertour of Egypt
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/egol1.htm

EdSelect.com Ancient Egypt Links
http://www.edselect.com/egypt.htm

Ancient Egyptian Cultures, Archaeology Links - About.com
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/egyptegyptology/

A Hotlist on Ancient Egypt
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listancientms5.html

PBS Pyramids: The Inside Story - "one of the best Giza pyramid sites"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

PBS "This Old Pyramid" - transcript
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/1915mpyramid.html

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Some great Interactive sites:

The Theban Mapping Project - includes the "Atlas of the Valley of the Kings - Discover each tomb in the Valley in this interactive version of our Atlas. Investigate a database of information about each tomb, view a compilation of nearly 2,000 images, interact with models of each tomb, and measure, pan, and zoom over 250 detailed maps, elevations, and sections. Experience sixty-five narrated tours by Dr. Weeks and explore a 3D recreation of tomb KV 14."

http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/

British Museum - Explore a Reconstruction of Khufu's Pyramid Complex

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/explore/main.html

National Geographic Explore the Pyramids Interactive

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/

National Geographic Interactive - At the Tomb of Tutankhamen

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/

The Upuaut Project - examining the "air shafts" inside the Pyramid of Cheops

http://www.cheops.org/

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Resources for teachers and students:

Ancient Egypt - Teacher Resource File

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/egypt.htm

Ancient Egypt Teaching Resources

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/Egypt.shtml

Ancient Egypt Discovery Case (ROM - Royal Ontario Museum)

http://www.rom.on.ca/egypt/

Social Studies for Kids - An Introduction to Ancient Egypt

CLICK HERE Social Studies for Kids - An Introduction to Ancient Egypt

Social Studies for Kids - Ancient Egypt Glossary

CLICK HERE Social Studies for Kids - Ancient Egypt Glossary

Life in Ancient Egypt - An Online resource for Students

http://www.watson.org/%7Eleigh/egypt.html

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The final post - histories and glossaries, and some miscellaneous sites:

History, Glossaries

An Introduction to the History and Culture of Pharaonic Egypt

http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/

Glossary of Ancient Egypt Terms and Names

http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/glossary.htm

Ancient Egypt - Introduction

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/stc-link/AE/index.html

Rediscover Ancient Egypt

http://www.egypt-tehuti.org/

Ancient Egypt Glossary

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/

Ancient Egypt Glossary

http://www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/egypt/egypt.glossary.htm

Introduction to Egyptology

http://egypt.sk4p.net/

Misc.

The National Gallery of Art - The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt (2002 exhibit)

http://www.nga.gov/press/2002/exhibitions/egypt/

The 1905-07 Breasted Expeditions to Egypt and the Sudan - A Photographic Study

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/EGYPT/BEES/BEES.html

Other Photographic Archives, Egypt - Oriental Institute Museum, U. of Chicago

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/OI_PA.html

The Ancient Egypt Bibliography - Books

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/bib/index.html

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A very extensive link list , thanks. Im interested in geophysics applications for archeological surveys. So Im going to scout your links for same. Ive got a small inventory of links involving geophysics in archeo surveys. If youre interested, Ill pull them off when I get to my office on tues.

Im a geologist and Ive been following the "controversy" regarding the water course marks on the Sphinx. Looking at the statue in a purely dispassionate geomorphological basis. Id have to agree that it seems to be paralleling a time that rainfall was more plentiful in that area, and that time was at least 9K BP. The Egyptologists havent agreed , so I think there is the basis for a good ole scientific brawl (I love holding their coats ). Have you heard anything re: the outcome of this issue?

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Not hoping that I doubled one link, here are some more:

Death in Ancient Egypt

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/DEATH.HTML

The Egyptian Book of the Dead - The Papyrus of Ani

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~drokk/BoD/

The Duke Papyrus Archive

http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/

The Tomb of Harwa

http://www.harwa.org/

Middle Egyptian (language)

http://webperso.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord/EgyptienE.html

MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY RESOURCES (meta-link)

http://www.geocities.com/i_georganas/main.html

Ancient World Web (meta-link)

http://www.julen.net/ancient

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Thanks walter for those links, I hope people will add good links to the list.

farmerman - thanks, those links of yours would be appreciated. There was a recent program either on PBS or the History Channel about the Sphinx, and that theory was mentioned. I did a little research online, and it sounds like the debate is alive and well, and nothing has been resolved yet. A very intriguing theory, although I don't see how a confirmation of the sphinx being that much older would "throw out all the history of antiquity that we know now," as one website contended.

Sorry I didn't have a heavier emphasis on archaeology links, my list is a bit light on those, although all those links above usually lead to further links, including archaeological ones.

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Larry-Ill get to my office tomorrow and dig out those links. The issue doesnt contradict any of the other major structures, just the sphinx , mostly because it is the only thing that is directly carved out of the limestone and is the only thing that indicates water scouring. So, what Dr Schock (I love that name cause the guy is really scary looking) has been saying is that the Sphinx itself is much older than all the surrounding structures and maybe it stood there a few thousand years all alone. There is evidence for an early wet period in the recent stratigraphy because the plant pollen in the soils are found to be moist environment plants. Kind of a cool debate, classical Egyptology versus the upstart scientist from another field making statements that are counter dogmatic.

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It sure gets heated doesn't it? Its easy to notice that when checking out some of the links to the controversy.

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