ANCIENT EGYPT

ANCIENT EGYPT
An Internet Hotlist on ANCIENT EGYPT

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Use the Library's print sources & online databases. Consult these links for additional info.

The Internet Resources

General Ancient Egypt Sites

Ancient Egypt for Students -
About Ancient Egypt -
Absolute Egyptology -
Ancient Egypt - from The British Museum
Ancient Egypt from A to Z -
Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt -
Discovering Ancient Egypt -
Egypt's Golden Empire - Join PBS as they journey back to this civilization and introduce you to the great pharaohs who made this civilization such as outstanding nation of its time. Your interactive adventure includes access to an ancient Egyptian map, the ability to experience and see what life was like in ancient Egypt, and a chance to learn more about hieroglyphics.
Explore Ancient Egypt -
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Egypt -
Mysteries of the Nile - PBS program
Secrets of Egypt - from National Geographic

Religion & Mythology

Pyramids, Tombs, Mummies

Ancient Egyptian Pyramids & Tombs -
Mummies of Ancient Egypt -
The Great Pyramid - may be blocked at school
Who Were The Mummies? -

Kings, Queens, Pharaohs

Amenemhet I -
Ancient Egypt Kings & Queens -
Cleopatra - a multimedia guide (requires Quick Time program)
From Warrior Women to Female Pharaohs: Careers for Women in Ancient Egypt -
Hatshepsut - an 18th-dynasty pharaoh who was one of the handful of female rulers in Ancient Egypt
Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis: A Royal Feud? -
Ptolemaic Dynasty -
Queen Hatshepsut (1500 B.C.) -
Secrets of the Pharaohs - PBS program
The House of Ptolemy: Kings, Queens, and the Rest of the Royal Ptolemies -
The Teaching of King Amenemhet I to His Son Senusret -

Other Topics

18th Dynasty - 1570-1320 B.C.
Ancient Egypt: Daily Life -
Art and Architecture - from PBS program
Life on the Nile - Interactive and, for the most part, narrated tutorial covering various seasons in ancient Egypt. Tutorial covers farming, irrigation, papyrus, trade, the river, and more.
Middle Kingdom - also referred to as the XII Dynasty (8 different pharaohs ruled during this time)
New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) -
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt - The XI dynasty is referred to as the dynasty of Thebes that marks the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mabramowitz@mineola.k12.ny.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listancientma14.html
Last revised Fri Nov 20 9:21:22 US/Pacific 2009