Links
for Archaeology and Ancient Civilizations
Ancient
Near Eastern Civilizations
Roman pottery, Caesarea Maritima
photo by Scott Ewald (courtesy
of Combined Caesarea Expeditions)
General
Ancient Near East
- Exploring
Ancient World Cultures: Near East
- **Highly recommended Near East page of the excellent site EAWC: The Index of Internet Resources. Go to its home page for
the full site.
- Ancient
Near East: Internet Resources for elementary school students
- Abzu:
Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East
Available on the Internet
- ***The major index of all things Ancient Near Eastern,
from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Searchable database.
Canaanites,
Israelites and Other Biblical Peoples
Canaanite calf figurine, Ashkelon
(photo courtesy
of Ashkelon Excavations)
- Hittite
Home Page
- History
on the Internet: Ancient Israel
- The
New Jerusalem Mosaic
- Virtual guides take you on tours of the various periods of
the history and culture of Jerusalem. Start with old Jerusalem
Mosaic as they are somewhat different.
- Bible
Maps of Bible Times and Lands
- Biblical
Jerusalem
- Very informative page from the Israeli Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
- Resource
Pages for Biblical Studies, main page
- Table
of Phoenician Alphabet, Names of Letter, Phonetics, Derivatives
and Modern Equivalents
(image courtesy of Phoenix Data Systems)
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Egyptian
History and Civilization
Egypt--Indices
& Links
- Guardian's
Egypt
- ***Excellent and comprehensive guide to all things ancient Egyptian.
Organized by subject, includes virtual tours. If you have time to go
to only one site, go to this one.
- Egyptology
Resources--resources for Ancient Egypt
- ***Excellent and very comprehensive site from Cambridge University
in England. Includes updates, and Notes and News.
- Egypt
Antiquities Information presented by Tour Egypt: Official Site of the
Ministry of Tourism, Egypt
- ***Official site of Egypt's Office of Tourism. Excellent guide to
the country and ancient attractions.
- WELCOME
TO RIGBY'S WORLD OF EGYPT
- Major resource & links list for Egypt.
- Reeder's
Egypt Page
- The
Ancient Egypt Site
- Jacques Kinnear's Egyptology site.
- Egypt
Land of the Sun
- Welcome
into my Egyptian Dream
- Sections on famous people, places, life and links on ancient Egypt.
Interesting site once one fights one's way through the usual advertising.
- Welcome to Akhet Internet
- Giza
On Line - Ancient Egypt in one stop
- Includes a good Links list.
- Egypt
Interactive -- Egyptian Internet Resources
- Anthony's
Egyptology & Archaeology
- CMCC
- Mysteries of Egypt - Menu
- Egypt/Pyramids/Pharaohs/Hieroglyphs
- Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
- **A very good page for various aspects of Egyptian culture and archaeology.
Also contains games.
Ancient
Egyptian Resources for Teachers and Students
For Teachers
- EgyptWorld
- Main Museum
- Award-winning resource page on the history and culture of Ancient
Egypt constructed by a team of young people for Thinkquest. Excellent.
- Egypt Quiz
- Ancient
Egypt WebQuest, Find information about Ancient Egypt
- Egyptian
Scavenger Hunt
- Activity for teaching students the use of the Internet for finding
information about ancient Egypt.
- Die Like An Egyptian
- Very imaginative unit for teaching students about mummification and
Egyptian beliefs about death and the afterlife.
Egypt
For Kids
- World Art Treasures
- Interactive Sphinx puzzle.
- Egypt
Quiz
- Egypt
and the Ancient Near East for Young People and Teachers
- teacher, education, children, schools, K-12, ancient history, social
studies, history, Africa, Middle East, bible, students
- Ancient
Egypt Kid Connection
- From Guardian's Egypt, a great list of resources and activities of
kids.
- Horus
Web Site
- Little Horus is the guide for this cute website for elementary grades.
- Ancient Egypt
in Fiction for Young People
- Good bibliography of books on Egypt suitable for children and young
teens.
- Egyptian
- Civilizations, Eras, & Culture - Web Clip Art - Net Links
- Ancient Egyptian clip art resources.
- Neferchichi's Egyptian Graphics
- Excellent collection including gods, bars, buttons, hieroglyphs, etc.
- Games
- List of downloadable ancient games from Mark Millmore.
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Virtual
Tours of Egyptian Antiquities
- Virtual
Tour of Europe, China, and Egypt
- Color
tour of sites in Egypt
- Welcome
to the Ancient Egyptian Virtual Temple!
- Guardian's
QTVR Egypt Panoramas
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Egyptian
History and Rulers
- Ancient
Egypt and World Prehistory
- Amarna
Web Sites
- History
B94: History of Ancient Egypt - Piccione
- Course syllabus with many helpful materials and web links
from Northwestern University.
- Alexandria,
Egypt
- EGYPT
1156 B.C. multimedia CD-ROM
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Pyramids,
Monuments, Temples and Tombs
- World
Art Treasures
- Fifteen web itineraries through various world art
treasures. High quality. See especially programs on Egyptian art
and Pilgrimage to Abydos.
- Welcome
to the Ancient Egyptian Virtual Temple!
- Egypt
Antiquities Information presented by Tour Egypt: Official Site
of the Ministry of Tourism, Egypt
- Thebes
of the Pharaohs
- Part of a series of online lecture events from National
Geographic. Needs MediaPlayer or Real Player to view.
- The tomb of
Senneferi at Luxor in Egypt
- The
Great Temple of Abu Simbel
Egyptian
Art
- World
Art Treasures
- Fifteen web itineraries through various world art
treasures. High quality. See especially programs on Egyptian art
and Pilgrimage to Abydos.
- Egypt
and Art
- Cleveland
Museum of Art Pharaohs Exhibition
- Virtual exhibition of art treasures from the Louvre. Also
contains Rosetta Stone, a fun site for kids on the times of the
Pharaohs.
- Egyptian
Art in the Age of the Pyramids
- On-line guide, images, time line and information on Old
Kingdom art from the French traveling exhibit showing at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY in fall of 1999.
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Egyptian
Language & Writing
- Archaeology:Archaeology:Egyptology:Hieroglyphics:O
nline Translators
- Write your name in hieroglyphics! Translators from English
to ancient Egyptian.
- See
Your Name in Hieroglyphic language (Egypt's Tourism
Net)
- Hieroglyphic
Alphabet Chart
- Egyptian
Hieroglyphs
- Hieroglyphics
- Write your name in hieroglyphics. Cool site.
- Serge
ROSMORDUC
- Hieroglyphics web site and server for Ancient Egyptian
Languages. For the serious.
- The
Language of Ancient Egypt
- Ancient
Egypt Resources
- By Stephen Fryer. Lists of Egyptian texts, learning
hieroglyphics, and other info. on Egyptian language.
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Egyptian
Religion
- Directory
of Ancient Egyptian Gods
Ancient
Egypt in Fiction
- Ancient
Egypt in Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Ancient Egypt
in Fiction for Young People
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Mesopotamian
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- Ancient
Mesopotamia
- CyberMuseu
m: Mesopotamia (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria)
- TrackStar:
Ancient Mesopotamia
- a set of Internet activities created by teachers for classroom use.
- Mesopotamia
in the Electronic Passport
- resources for students created by Mr. Dowling, a teacher.
- Sumer
- Ancient/Classical History
- from ancienthistory.about.com
- Ancient
Sumerians
- Hammurabi
- page on Hammurabi's law code and articles about it.
- Babylon
(580BC)
- Interesting site which takes the user back in time to the period of
Nebuchadnezzar and the height of Chaldean power.
- The Babylonians
- Babylonian
and Egyptian Mathematics
- Babyloniaca
- Write
Like a Babylonian
- Write your name in cuneiform. Fun especially for students.
- Assyria
Resources
- links list from the Archaeotype project at the Dalton School, New
York--a digitized excavation simulation of the Assyrian site of Tel
Barsip. Archaeotype itself is available only in-house, but the
links are open.
- nineveh on line,nineveh, assyria
- ASSYRIAN HISTORY - Ancient
- ASSYRIA ONLINE!
- Web site about ancient and modern Assyrians and a virtual community
for modern Assyrians.
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