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Shapes and Shelters
Students are be able to analyze primary sources (photographs) for evidence of Ancient Egyptian culture and design meaningful objects. They are grouped in pairs and instructed to choose someone that they admire, either living or...
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Bradshaw Foundation: Egypt?s Step Pyramid of Saqqara the Tomb of Vizier Fefi
The 4,300-year-old Tomb of Vizier Fefi was recently discovered at Saqqara. The author, a member of the excavation team, describes how it was found and what the tomb holds.
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The Ancient Egypt Site
"Explore more than 3.000 years of Ancient Egyptian history, from the end of prehistory at prehistory 3,000 BC to the closing BC the last Egyptian temple in 535/537 A.D."
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Treasures of Ancient Egypt
This site from the National Gallery of Art offers a virtual tour of the tomb of Thutmose III and streaming slideshows of Egyptian artifacts with "Informative narratives from the experts."
National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool: Escape From the Tomb
Unlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt while playing this learning game. Collect as many Egyptian artifacts as you can and avoid the mummy!
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: A New Look at an Ancient Culture: Egypt
Students can take a virtual tour of a collection of Egyptian artifacts, visit the sites of numerous archaeological expeditions, and learn a tremendous amount about the complex gods and goddesses of the Egyptian religion.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Sir Dig a Lot: History of King Tut
Sir Dig-a-Lot takes us on a tour of King Tut's tomb and explains some facts about this ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
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Eternal Egypt: Serapeum
East of the tombs of Ptah-hotep and Ti is the Serapeum, which consists of tunnels that were used for the funerary cult of the sacred Apis bulls. It dates back to the Saite period. The Serapeum was discovered as early as A.D. 1738 by...
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of Ti
The mastaba, or tomb, of Ti is about 500 meters or 1640 feet northwest of the Pyramid of Djoser. Its entrance leads to a huge columned courtyard with superb reliefs of agriculture and daily life scenes.
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of Idut
The mastaba was originally built by the vizier Ihy who lived during the reign of King Unas in the late Fifth Dynasty; it was later usurped by Princess Sesh-seshet, whose title was "the daughter of the king". She is known as Idut.
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of Mehu
In A.D. 1940, the Egyptian Antiquities Service excavated the important mastaba of the vizier Mehu, who lived during the Sixth Dynasty. Its importance is due to the perfect condition of its painted decorations, especially those of the...
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of a Khethotep
The mastaba is a double tomb, which belonged to two dignitaries who lived during the fifth dynasty: Akhethotep and his son Ptah-hotep. The principal titles of Akhet-hotep were vizier and judge, as well as "supervisor of prophets of the...
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of Ptah Hotep
The mastaba is a double tomb, which belonged to two dignitaries who lived during the fifth dynasty: Ptah-hotep and his father Akhethotep. Ptah-hotep was a vizier and judge.
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Eternal Egypt: Mastaba of Iru Ke Ptah
Iru-ke-Ptah was the chief of the royal abattoirs during the Fifth Dynasty. The upper part of his mastaba is composed of one elongated piece, carved in the native rock. It has become well known for the great number of statues cut into the...