Here are our recommended Web sites and other resources for your school assignment on ancient Egypt.

Museum Web Sites

• The British Museum
  www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History - "Life in Ancient Egypt"
  www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt
• Cleveland Museum of Art
  www.clemusart.com/archive/pharaoh/
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - "The Art of Ancient Egypt"
  www.metmuseum.org/explore/newegypt/htm/a_index.htm
• Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University - "Odyssey Egypt"
  Carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html
• Minnesota State University emuseum - "The History of Ancient Egypt"
  emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/egypt/history/history.html
• Museum of Fine Arts
  www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt
• The National Gallery of Art - "The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt"
  www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/egypt

• Guardian's Egypt
  www.guardians.net/egypt
• PBS "NOVA Online Adventure: Ancient Egypt"
  www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/age.html
• Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School - "Sir Robert Hitcham's Ancient Egypt Site"
  www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/egypt
• ThinkQuest.org - "Raiders of the Lost Art"
  library.thinkquest.org/3708
• University of Michigan - "Mummies of Ancient Egypt"
  www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy
• University of Richmond - "Ancient Egypt"
  oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webunits/egypt/main.html

For Grades 7 and up:
• eLibrary
• Gale Group
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Student Resource Center Gold
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Grolier Online
• SIRS (choose Knowledge Source)



• For Elementary Grades:
  Gale Group
• Kids Edition - K12
• Kids InfoBits
• Student Resource Center Gold
• Grolier Online
      Look for "Jump to Kids" at the top right of page.

Sample search terms:
• Ancient Egypt
• Civilization, Ancient
• Civilization, Classical
• Egypt, Antiquities
• Egyptian History, to 642 (Ancient Period)
• History, Ancient

• Ancient Egypt
• Egypt History
• Ancient History

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