History on the Internet


Ancient Nubia
Another outstanding ThinkQuest site, “this web site explores an ancient civilization that existed along with the Egyptian Kingdom. You will learn that the Nubian civilization had its own distinct culture, and even ruled over Egypt for a short period.”

Egypt Antiquities Information
Many comprehensive pages on such topics as the history of Pharaonic Egypt, Egyptian Mythology, virtual tour of Egyptian artifacts from museums around the world, the history of Christianity in Egypt, and much more.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Ancient Egypt
A very well-done introduction to Ancient Egypt on the Internet, with online essays, a very nice chronology, art gallery, and links to other internet resources.

Great Temple of Abu Simbel
Take a virtual tour of this huge monument, built by Rameses II in the 13th century B.C. along the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt.

Life in Ancient Egypt
This online exhibit from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History will take you on a tour of the chronology, natural world, daily life, gods and religion, and funerary customs of the ancient Egyptians, illustrated with their extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts.

Pharoahs & Kings: A Biblical Quest
by David Rohl, who has “proposed a new chronology for ancient Egypt which gave the world a completely fresh understanding of biblical history. His fascinating journey back through time provided the first archaeological confirmation for many of the great events and personalities in the Old Testament.” Read the book the British Museum banned and decide for yourself. Note: the other sites on this page use the old chronology.

World Cultures: Ancient Egypt
An online research textbook of world cultures and history, the home page (click on the contents option) allows you to research the history and culture, read the literature of the time, look up terms in the glossary, look at maps, and find other internet resources. In the Ancient Egypt learning module, to which this link leads you (click on the contents option), you can get a good overview of the history, learn about the culture, read Egyptian literature, and more.

The above sites are pages with excellent historical content. The sites below are links pages, specifically chosen for the quality of pointers to other sites for further research.

Ancient Egypt
Nicely annotated links to other sites covering: architecture & archaeology, art & papyrology, the Book of the Dead, history & culture, museum exhibits, and religion.

Ancient Egypt by the Mining Co.
The Mining Co.’s history pages are a good place to begin the study of a topic, because they are geared for the general reader rather than the historian.

Ancient Egypt Links
Put together by a homeschooling mom, this site lists links designed to be used with Greenleaf's Guide to Ancient Egypt.

Creative Impulse: Egypt
This award-winning site is the place to begin for resources on the study of every aspect of the Ancient Egypt.

Guardian's Egpyt
These pages provide pictures and information about Egypt, and offer many links to Egyptology and Egypt resources throughout the World Wide Web.

Mystery That Was Egypt
One of the better annotated links page, very nicely done. A high-quality resource, this site takes time to load, but is worth it.

The Ancient Egypt Site
Do not miss this exceptional site by famed egyptologist Jacques Kinnear. Everything you ever wanted to know about ancient Egypt, presented beautifully and elegantly.

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
An outstanding National Geographic site, this interactive expedition recreates the breaking news from its 1923 magazine, with text and those gorgeous NG photos. Then view the IMAX movie, Mysteries of Egypt. Exceptional graphic content makes it slow- loading.

NOVA Online: Pyramids
Explore the ancient Egyptian pyramids through many nice online activites.

Ancient Egypt for Kids
An introduction and overview of ancient Egypt, with more under construction.

Ancient Egypt Kid Connection
When you have finished the kids’ links on this page, go here for even more links about every aspect of ancient Egypt.

Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Read the introduction to hieroglyphs, then go to the translator page, type in your name, and the program will display it for you in hieroglyphs. A nicer hieroglyph translator is at Make Your Own Cartouche, but this page has better information on hieroglyphs.

History of Egypt
A brief, illustrated introduction to the history of Egypt for children, by the wonderful Tour Egypt: Official Internet Site of the Ministry of Tourism, Egypt. After the history page, visit Color Me Egypt to print out coloring pages taken from the wall and artifact art of the tombs and temples of Ancient Egypt.

Mark Millmore’s Ancient Egypt
This is a really fun way to learn about the pyramids, the kings and queens of Egypt, and heiroglyphs. Then play games, download cool Egyptian screen savers, and find other sites on the web about Egypt. There’s even a bookstore with suggestions of books about Egypt to buy or pick up at the library.

Odyssey Online: Egypt
Wow! Pyramids, mummies, people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing, and archaeology. This premier site has won numerous top awards.

Tomb of the Pharoah
An online game of discovery, by the History Channel.

Detroit Institute of the Arts: Ancient Egyptian Art
Begin a study of ancient Egyptian art here for the helpful commentary accompanying each work.

Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
A beautiful site by the Art Department of the University of Memphis. Browse online exhibits of artifacts, take a tour of Ancient Egyptian monuments, and more.


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History on the Internet / Christine Miller / Last revised May 1999
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