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The British Museum: Carpenter's Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a wealth of information regarding the use of carpentry in ancient Egypt. By clicking on the tools in the relief at the top of the page, one can learn about the use of the adze, saw, and bow drill by Egyptian carpenters.
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The British Museum: Where Was Writing Used?

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough detailing of the duties of a scribe in ancient Egypt, including duties, tools, and required training.
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The British Museum: Outside the Pyramid

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an interactive 3-D illustration that allows one to navigate a website containing information and images of the Great Pyramid and surrounding structures.
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British Museum: Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site on Ancient Egypt, including sections on the lifestyle, geography, religion, and politics of the country.
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British Museum: Geography of Ancient Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the two types of land in ancient Egypt. At the bottom of the page you can select a story, explore maps, or take a challenge about ancient Egyptian geography.
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The British Museum: Egyptian Life

For Students 3rd - 8th
A beautifully illustrated museum site for younger students that presents ancient Egyptian life, geography, mummification, pharaohs, pyramids, and the like.
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British Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the British Museum, one of the most influential cultural institutions in the world with holdings representing British and world cultures across the full span of history, find information about all the latest...
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The British Museum: World of Money

For Students 6th - 8th
Here you can find a wealth of information about money: what it is, its history, how to save it, how it's made, its role in society, and how to study it!
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of ancient Greece in this historical overview and image gallery of Greek art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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British Museum: Catalogue of the Russian Icons

For Students 9th - 10th
Access the full inventory of Russian icons, including works from the Byzantine period, housed in the collections of the British Museum. Includes an introduction to the collection, notes on the history and meaning of icons in Russian art,...
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Arctic Peoples of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of the native Americans of the Arctic region in this overview of their art with a selection of relevant objects each with it's own detailed object description.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Native North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of native North Americans in this overview descriptions with accompanying image gallery with a detailed description of each piece.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Islamic art of the middle east in this historical overview with accompanying image gallery of relevant object images from the British Museum collection.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Ancient Rome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of ancient Rome in this historical overview and image gallery of Roman art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Cyprus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of ancient Cyprus in this historical overview and image gallery with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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The British Museum: The Old Master Scribe

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The British Museum: Acropolis

For Students 3rd - 8th
The British Museum describes the Athens Acropolis with a series of multimedia tools that lets you explore a model of the site and learn about the site's buildings and monuments.
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The British Museum: Ancient India: The Buddha

For Students 9th - 10th
Richly illustrated life of the Buddha, told in a click-through storybook format with an embedded glossary. Includes an interactive tour of the stupa of Amaravati, an early Buddhist shrine, and a matching game designed to instruct players...
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Maya

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of the ancient Maya of central America and the Yucatan penincula in this overview and image gallery with individual artwork descriptions.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Assyrians

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the ancient Mesopotamian culture of the Assyrians and the art that they produced in this gallery of relevant object images from the British Museum, each with a detailed description of the work.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Babylonians

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the ancient Babylonians via and examination of the art of the civilization in this image gallery of Babylonian works from the British Museum collection; each image is accompanied by a detailed description.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Canaanites

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Canaanites in this breif history accompanied by an image gallery of representative Canaanite artworks, each with a detailed description.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Hittites

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the ancient near east people the Hittites in this historical overview accompanied by a gallery of relevant object images of Hittite art from the British museum collection.
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British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Israelites

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of the ancient Israelites in this historical overview with accompanying image gallery with object descriptions of Israelite art from the British Museum collection.