Ancient Egypt and Egyptians

Ancient Egypt is one of the planet's oldest and most intriguing. Archaeological investigations into the lives of the pharaohs of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, as well as the Ptolemaic kings, have enhanced much of the written record.

Ancient Egypt Timeline
What people call Ancient Egypt generally begins with the Old Kingdom in 3050 BC, when the first pharaoh Menes united Lower Egypt (referring to the river delta region of the Nile River), and Upper Egypt (everything south of the delta), and continues through to the 1st century BC, when the last of the Ptolemies, Cleopatra, lost to the Romans. Scholars also recognize the pre-dynastic period, where the beginnings of the dynasties are found.

Egyptian Medicine
Egyptian medical manuscripts are dated to at least the Middle Kingdom of ca 1600 BC, but they include pieces which may be from the Old Kingdom

To Live Forever - Egyptian Artifacts at the Brooklyn Museum
An exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in Spring 2010 offers a collection of Egyptian artifacts from tombs dated between the Old Kingdom and the Roman period in Egypt.

Ballana Culture
The Ballana (or X-Culture) is the name given to a pre-Christian, post-meroitic culture of Egypt and Nubia, dominant in Lower Egypt and Nubia between about A.D. 250-550.

Faiyum Oasis
Faiyum Oasis is in the Western Desert of Egypt, and a kind of paint used in funerary portraits, according to this little glossary entry from About.com's guide to Ancient History, N.S. Gill.

Sir William Flinders Petrie [1853-1942]
British archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie was one of the pioneers of the science, conducting archaeology primarily in Egypt and Palestine.

The Post-Modernist Maury Povich
A gruesome exercise in multivocality on Egyptology and archaeological science on the Fox News Network proves what some modern television personalities think of when they think "archaeology".

Trivia Quiz: Abu Simbel
What do you know about Abu Simbel? Test your archaeology trivia know-how.

Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research (CCER)
The Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research is based at Utrecht University (Department of Religious Studies - Faculty of Theology) and has several useful resources including a list of Egyptologists.

Guardian's Egypt
An attractive starting point, with original articles on history, hieroglyphs, and the 75th anniversary of the opening of Tutenkhamen's tomb.

National Geographic: Secrets of the Ancient World
All kinds of information, some associated with the recent television programs, some not, from National Geographic.

PBS and Nova: Mysteries of the Nile
From Public Television's Nova series, virtual reality tours of many of the tombs of Egypt. Slowloading on a slower machine and you'll need Quicktime.

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
A resource for information on upcoming exhibits and teacher resources for teaching Egyptology.

Reeder's Egypt Page
A voluminous collection of information on the art, archaeology, religion and history of Egypt from Greg Reeder.

The British Museum: Ancient Egypt
A very entertaining and informative site on ancient Egypt; it's a little heavy on the graphics (and it's Shockwave enhanced), but the images seem to load fairly quickly, and once you get the idea to click on through, it's fun. Useful for primary through college students, believe it or not.

The Pyramids of Egypt
The pyramids in Egypt are among the most amazing architectural monuments in the world, and the differences between them are as fascinating as their similarities.

Egyptian Blue
Egyptian Blue is an important and very odd blue pigment used by the artists of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Imperial Rome.

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