Ancient Egypt: Selected Information Sources

Learn about your assigned research topic by visiting the links below. Are you unable to find the information you are looking for? If so, please ask Mrs. O'Keefe for help.

Ancient & Classical Cultures: Egyptians, from Multnomah County Library
Click on "Egyptians" and find a lengthy list of links to timelines, webquests, museums, and other interesting sources of information about life in ancient Egypt.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Life in Ancient Egypt
Take the virtual tour of "Life in Ancient Egypt", and learn about its geography, daily life and culture, gods and religion, and funerary customs.

Ancient Egypt Online
Learn about the daily life, hieroglyphics, pharaohs, and gods of Egypt at this site.

Pyramids: The Inside Story, from NOVA
Learn about the people who built ancient Egypt's pyramids, how they were constructed, and the pharaohs for whom they were intended at this site.

Mr. Dowling's Ancient Egypt Page
If you are looking for information about the Nile, the Rosetta Stone, pharaohs, or Cleopatra, this site is a good place to begin your research.

Anthony's Egyptology and Archaeology
Among this site's many features are a directory of ancient Egyptian gods, a chronology of the pharaohs, and a biography of Tutankhamen.

Mrs. Donn's Lessons & Activities: Ancient Egypt for Kids
Visit this site for information about geography & the Nile River, hieroglyphics, mummies & the afterlife, famous pharaohs, women in ancient Egypt, and much more.

Kings and Queens: Dynasties of the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, from Mark Millmore's Discovering Egypt

The Hieroglyphs: The Writings of Ancient Egypt
This nice site also features information about the religion, government, and monuments of ancient Egypt, as well as a timeline.

THE NILE RIVER

Nile: from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(At the contents listing, click on "Role in the founding of Egyptian civilization".)

Egyptian Civilization. Geography: Nile Valley, from the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corp.

GODS AND GODDESSES

BBC Ancient History: Ancient Egyptian Gods Gallery, by Barbara Waterson
(Also see Sacred Animals of Ancient Egypt Gallery.)

The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, from Ancient Egypt, by the BBC.

Ancient Egypt: the Mythology, created and maintained by April McDevitt

The Goddesses and Gods of Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt Antiquities, from Tour Egypt, by InterCity Oz, Inc.

DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, from Minnesota State University's EMuseum

Mr.Donn's Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

SOCIAL CLASSES IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Egyptian Social Life
Learn about the classes that made up ancient Egypt's "social pyramid", from pharoah to soldiers, farmers, and tomb builders, at this site. (Also visit this site to learn about the religions and mythology, hieroglyphics, and art of ancient Egypt.)

The Social Classes in Ancient Egypt
Learn about the social classes - including the nobility, scribal class, working class and outcasts - that comprised ancient Egypt's social structure.

ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE ARTS: MUSEUMS

The British Museum: Egypt

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Egyptian Art

Egyptian Museum: Official Site

The Art of Ancient Egypt: A Web Resource, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt, from the National Gallery of Art

Ancient Egypt at the Brooklyn Museum of Art