Walking Like an
Egyptian:
Websites Dealing with
Ancient Egypt
- Rediscover
Ancient Egypt
- The Tehuti Research
Foundation, a non-profit, international U.S. based organization
dedicated to the study of ancient Egypt, authors this web site
which is updated often.
- Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt
- This wonderful website is authored by a teacher
who has also set up links to ancient Greece, Rome, India, and
China from this homepage.
- Ancient
Egypt Webquest
- elementary and middle
school students and teachers have fun learning about Ancient
Egyptian daily life, games, mummies, King Tut, and hieroglyphs.
Aimed at K-12 students.
- Ancient
Egypt Culture Exhibit
- Looking for information
on ancient Egyptian architecture, art, daily life, hieroglyphics,
maps, or the military? This is the place with the
information!
- Photos of
Ancient Egypt
- Photos of ancient
Egyptian sites as they look today.
- Life
in Ancient Egypt
- Information and photos
from the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt at the Carnegie Museum of
Natural History.
- Splendors
of Ancient Egypt
- "The Splendors of Ancient
Egypt" exhibit is featured that was on display at the Museum of
Fine Arts in Houston during 1996-97.
- Medicines
of Ancient Egypt
- This site includes
information on herbs used by Egyptian doctors, surgical and
medical tools, and actual "cures" taken from ancient
writings.
- Pyramids,
Pharoaohs, Hieroglyphs
- Very extensive
information on ancient Egyptian games, hieroglyphs, kings and
queens, pyramids and temples. Also includes links to other
sites!
- Mythology
of Ancient Egypt
- A great site for language
arts teachers/English teachers who are teaching ancient Egyptian
mythology. The site includes vast information on the symbols and
the deities, as well as LOTS of myths.
- School
of Pythagoras
- This website seems best
suited for high school students who are exploring the work of
Pythagoras, how that work influenced the ancient Egyptian
architects, and "sacred geometry".
- Pyramids
of Ancient Egypt
- a website containing LOTS of questions and answers
dealing with the pyramids.
- Egypt:
A Project of An 8 Year Old - Visit
this website to see what kind of research work kids are capable
of! A great site for other kids to visit and learn
from!
- Egyptian
Artifacts Exhibit
- Lots of photos and
information from the University of Memphis' Institute of Egyptian
Art and Archaeology.
- Guardian's
Egypt Page - A Cyber Tour of Egypt, from ancient
times to modern day! Everything you'd ever want to know about
Egypt! Check it out!
- Ancient
Egypt Thematic Unit Plan - This
unit plan designed for the primary grades focuses on the geography
of Egypt, customs, clothing, jewelry, pyramids, mummies, and
hieroglyphics. Teacher-made and teacher-friendly!
- The Brooklyn
Museum of Art's Ancient Egypt Exhibit - One of
the largest art institutions in the U.S. with collections in
ancient Egyptian art.
- Ancient
Egyptian Art and Culture - This website focuses on ancient Egyptian
religion, cultural life, and the arts.
- Egyptian
Museums and Other Egypt Links - This
website contains information on many topics relating to ancient
Egypt, including education, glass-making, and even marriage and
the standing of women in the culture.
- Egyptian
Papyrus Paper
- Lots of Egyptian art
featured here, along with links to other websites.
- Akhet
Internet Site for Ancient Egyptian Culture - The
"clickable mummy" appears on this site as well as information on
art, sculpture, and furniture of ancient Egypt. A site on Egyptian
mythology can be found here as well as a list of the Egyptian
kings. Mummy masks and Egyptian coffin art appear here as
well.
- Egypt
- A Learning Module
- material written for
primarily high school students!
- How
to Make a Mummy
- A National Geographic
site that instructs kids on how to make a mummy.
- Embalming
l01 - A site on making mummies.
- Insects
Egyptian Style -
A lesson plan for
integrating the Egyptian scarab into an insect unit. The unit also
asks kids to look at Art Nouveau style insect art, too!
- Clay
Sarcophagus -
A lesson plan for creating
a sarcophagus and a mummy in a study of Egyptian history,
hieroglyphics, and the life/death cycle of the Egyptians. Contains
a very nice bibliography of books that would be helpful in
teaching this unit.
- Fibonacci
Numbers and the Golden Section -
Why a link to math? Well,
the ancient Egyptians used the Golden Ratio in their pyramid
designs!
- The
Golden Section in Art, Architecture, and Music - Look for the section on how the Golden Section was
used in the Great Pyramids of Giza.
- The
Golden Ratio Home Page
- The
Golden Rectangle
- The
Golden Ratio Page
- Giza
Pyramids: The Vanishing Point - Infomation on how the Giza Pyramids were built
using perspective and the Golden Ratio.
- The
Orion Mystery
-A theory that the pyramids
of Egypt were built in relationship to the position of the
constellation Orion!
- Nova
Online - The Pyramids -
Anything Nova does is
quality stuff -- and so is this website!
- Proof for
Geometrical Analysis of Pyramids - For the math teacher who would like to analyze
the design of the pyramids from a geometric point of
view.
- Egypt
Interactive -
The Mother of all Egyptian
websites! A wonderful resource!
- Egypt
Net Links
- Virtual
Museum of Architecture
- Pyramid
Power
- The
Egyptian Way of Death