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University College London

Univ. College London: Digital Egypt: Burial Customs in Early Dynastic Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about burial customs in the Early Dynastic period in Egypt. Click on each picture to see additional pictures and read more information of each aspect of the burial. Many hyperlinks to other places in this interesting website.
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University College London

Ucl: Digital Egypt: Burial Customs of the Old Kingdom: 3rd to 6th Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
Old Kingdom burial customs are outlined in this website. Click on the pictures to take you to more pictures. Not much commentary, but lots of examples. Hyperlinks to other places in this complex website.
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University College London

University College London: Digital Egypt: Saqqara

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the location of Saqqara, the main cemetery of Memphis. Clicking on the pictures will take you to some mastabas found at Saqqara. Not much commentary, but lots of examples and hyperlinks to other places in this complex site.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a collection of images of Egyptian art. View pieces one at a time or fifty at a time (see top navigation). Includes an introduction to Egyptian art, too.
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Other

Louvre Museum: Visitor Trails: Daily Life in Egypt in the Time of Pharoahs

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a tour through the Louvre and discover examples of art depicting daily life in ancient Egypt during the time of the pharoahs. Read descriptions of the scenes and click to learn more about the details of the artwork itself. A very...
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Tour Egypt

Tour Egypt: The 1st Dynasty Tombs of Saqqra in Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive description of the tombs from the 1st Dynasty found at Saqqara. Building methods, size, contents, and types of tombs are all covered in this detailed website from Tour Egypt.
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Tour Egypt

Tour Egypt: Third Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
The 3rd Dynasty was the beginning of the Old Kingdom and the building of the great pyramids. This article focuses on Djoser and his Step Pyramid at Saqqar.
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University College London

University College London: Digital Egypt: Burial Customs: Mastabas

For Students 9th - 10th
A university-level collection of digital resources about mastabas, which combines information and graphics about mastabas, in general, with information and graphics about specific mastabas, such as those found at Saqqara, Egypt. Includes...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Mastaba Tombs at Dahshur, Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the archaeological excavation of an ancient Egypitian cemetery found at Dahshur, Egypt, home to the remains of several different mastabas. Includes a reconstruction of the mastaba of a royal courtier and an interesting...
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Other

The Ancient Egypt Site

For Students 9th - 10th
"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."
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Tutankhamun: Exploring an Ancient [Mastaba] Tomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger exhibit about Tutankhamun, this resource lets you view details of the reconstructed mastaba of Unis-Ankh, the son of an early pharaoh.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a browsable a-to-z library of clip art of ancient Egyptian architectural elements, such as capitals, columns, temple designs, tombs, pyramids, obelisks, sphinxes, and pylons. Library also includes clip art of...
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University College London

University College London: Early Tomb Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of images that shows the progression of Egyptian burial practice from shallow surface burials to the development of mastabas.
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Other

Global Egyptian Museum: Mastaba

For Students 9th - 10th
The Global Egyptian Museum is a common database of Egyptian collections from major museums around the world. This link takes you to a glossary entry for "mastaba," which includes internal links to related terms and to a 360-degree video...
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Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online: Egypt: Death and Burial: Mastabas

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes mastaba tombs used by ancient Egyptians.
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Curated OER

Mastaba.jpg

For Students 9th - 10th
The Global Egyptian Museum is a common database of Egyptian collections from major museums around the world. This link takes you to a glossary entry for "mastaba," which includes internal links to related terms and to a 360-degree video...
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Curated OER

Computer Rendering of the East and North Sides of the Mastaba of Khnumhotep

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the archaeological excavation of an ancient Egypitian cemetery found at Dahshur, Egypt, home to the remains of several different mastabas. Includes a reconstruction of the mastaba of a royal courtier and an interesting...