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Egypt Resources
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Two Great Databases: http://go.grolier.com/ our Grolier online encyclopedia. Type in your search term and select the best article (make sure you spell it correctly). Use the “web links” link on the top right of the article page to see more detailed online information. http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/ our new database. Type your search into the long blue/white search box.
Free Web sites: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/tut/inside_1.asp King Tut, mummies, tomb construction, the afterlife ... surf around, there's a lot here. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/mythology.html Great site on mythology and religion. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
The British Museum's Web site on ancient Egypt, aimed at grade 5 and 6 students. Sections on geography, daily life, gods, mummies, pharaohs, pyramids, temples, timekeeping, crafts (jewelry and carpentry), and writing. Online activities; images; glossary. http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/index.html The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Egyptomania exhibit, great for middle school students. http://www.touregypt.net/kids/index.htm
This Web site of Egypt's Ministry of Tourism is an e-magazine for tourists and other travelers. Included are features on antiquities, a travel guide, a children's section, and a searchable index of Egyptian Web sites. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/ National Geographic articles and photos from its classic essay. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ 'Nova'/PBS multimedia online exploration of the Nile. Chronicles pyramids, temples, obelisks, and other monumental architecture of ancient Egypt. Contains video tours of sites, historical data, and teacher's guide. http://www.nga.gov/kids/kidquest.pdf The National Gallery of Art offers this family guide on its Egypt exhibit http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/egyptianmap.asp Nice interactive site from the Children's University at Manchester. Geography, hieroglyphs, numbers, gods, pyramids.
http://lexicorient.com/e.o/egypt_rl.htm
Information page on the concept of god, other religious concepts, and individual deities of ancient Egypt. From the electronic Enclyclopaedia of the Orient, created by the Norwegian journalist Tore Kjeilen. http://guardians.net/egypt/ Women in ancient egypt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/ancient/ Overview of ancient Egyptian medicine. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/index.html More on mummies and the afterlife. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html Daily life, family life, women & society, hierogliphics, agriculture, medicine ... lots of stuff here.
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