Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Investigate Real Egyptian Artifacts
A short list of artifacts dating back to Ancient Egypt with descriptions and images. Additionally, find links for activities, a timeline, and details of mummies to enhance study of the early civilization.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Cairo: Living Past, Living Future
Interactive web unit will allow both educators and students to explore the history, culture, society, geography, and environment of this fascinating city that sits at the crossroads between ancient and modern, east and west, tradition...
The British Museum
The British Museum: Where Was Writing Used?
A thorough detailing of the duties of a scribe in ancient Egypt, including duties, tools, and required training.
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Penn Museum
Penn Museum: Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun [Pdf]
The Amarna Period of ancient Egypt only lasted about thirty years but it is one of the most remarkable periods in Egypt's history. It began when the pharaoh Akhenaten, who was married to Nefertiti, built the city of Amarna in honor of...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Egypt
A thorough look at Egypt from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990s.
The British Museum
The British Museum: The Old Master Scribe
A fictional story that shows the difference between different types of ancient Egyptian writing which is set in ancient Egypt as a young boy learns to scribe from a master scribe.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Secrets of Lost Empires
NOVA ferrets out long-forgotten secrets of architects and engineers of the early civilizations. Content focuses on the trebuchets of medieval Europe, the pharaoh's obelisks of ancient Egypt, the moai statues of Easter Island, the...
PBS
Pbs: Egypt's Golden Empire
PBS provides a fascinating glimpse of Egypt's New Kingdom, arising "more than one thousand years after the pyramids were built." Concentrating on the lives of seven pharaohs (one of them a woman), the site includes a timeline, lesson...
Other
University of Cairo: Medicine in Old Egypt
Details evidence from the Smith papyrus and the Ebers papyrus in order to provide an idea of the knowledge of medicine, anatomy, and physiology of the ancient Egyptians.
Other
Dr. Zahi Hawass: Egypt
If you are looking for information on the pyramids and the ancient Pharaohs you have come to the right place. You will find pictures of various excavations taken by the author of the site, press releases about new finds in the field of...
Other
University of North Carolina at Pembroke: Lecture Notes: Ancient Civilizations
Lengthy illustrated notes, to accompany a university-level course, on the first civilizations in the ancient Near East: Sumer and Egypt.
Other
Air Pano: Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
A virtual tour in 3D of the Great Pyramids of Giza. There are easy to understand navigational tools, and different photographs to start an exploration from.
Other
Museum Tours: The David Roberts Gallery: David Roberts, r.a.
David Roberts was a 19th century artist who traveled to Egypt and nearby regions to paint and draw architectural structures and people. His published work was very popular in England. This is a collection of 124 pieces of his work that...
Other
International Committee for Egyptology: The Global Egyptian Museum
The Global Egyptian Museum is an ambitious, long-term project that intends to eventually gather digitized versions of artifacts from Egyptian history that are housed in museums around the world. This amounts to 850 collections and 69...
Other
International Committee for Egyptology: Global Egyptian Museum: Glossary
A glossary of more than 400 terms related to the study of ancient Egypt. Each term is accompanied by descriptive text and an image, and some have a video component.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica: Egyptian Mythology
Click the names on the left for descriptions of characters, places, and articles associated with Egyptian mythology. Some descriptions are lengthy and contain pictures and/or hieroglyphs.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Online Exhibitions
A collection of exhibits that can be found online allowing students to research the museums' artifacts and displays. Exhibits include earth science and dinosaurs topics.
Other
Eternal Egypt
Enjoy the sheer beauty of this site. Eternal Egypt will intrigue students with the interactivity offered on subjects such as artifacts, places, culture, and people of ancient Egypt. This site is like a well-done textbook come to life....
New York Times
New York Times: Gateway to Antiquity: Archaeological Renovation at Abydos, Egypt
The New York Times presents a slidshow with audio description featuring a description of Abydos in Egypt.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 5 12 14: Tomb Painting Provides Answers to Pyramids Mystery
Modern people have always wondered how the pyramids of Egypt were contstructed. Learn what we are now discovering that may unveil the facts about this ancient achievement.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Nefertiti Resting in a Chamber in King Tut's Tomb?
Article reports on a theory that Queen Nefertiti may be buried in a hidden chamber inside the tomb of King Tut. Includes video.
Other
3 D Mekanlar: Sites in 3 D: The Pyramids
Take a virtual tour of the Egyptian pyramids. There are thirty-one tours in all. Instructions on how to navigate through the tours are given below, and the set can also be downloaded to your computer for easier viewing.
Other
New York Public Library: The Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs: Egypt
A collection of digitized photographs, artworks, and documents on Egypt's history. Under 'Genre,' it is possible to filter them to isolate photographs, illustrations, etc.
Other
Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum: Ancient Egyptian Faces
This is a blog for a course at Johns Hopkins University. In the course, students conduct research on and do a technical analysis of two Egyptian mummy portraits. The blog is filled with their comments, images, and links to articles and...