Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt contributed much to world culture. This week's Hot Topic
explores not only ancient Egypt's technical, artistic and intellectual
achievements, but also the everyday life of the civilisation's citizens.
GENERAL
Minnesota
State University's main map of ancient Egypt is interactive - readers
can pull up more detailed views of historic sites and cities.
LIFE AND LIFESTYLE
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History Exhibitions' "Life
in Ancient Egypt" displays artefacts in "relation to the daily life
and traditions of the people who made them, so that the objects are
seen in the context of the culture."
Kent School District looks at "Life
in Ancient Egypt" contains reconstructions of houses and takes an
overview by historical period.
"Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt", also from Minnesota State University, has
overviews of caste structure, medicine, the calendar system, garment
making and others.
Emory University's
Egypt pages cover mythology, daily life, death, burial, writing
and archaeology. Suitable for secondary students,
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
The web site of Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation,
"Agriculture
in Ancient Egypt", is a brief introduction to the subject.
http://www.tourism.egnet.net/attraction/Attractions.asp
LANGUAGES, HIEROGLYPHS AND IMAGES
Twenty-seven Egyptian deities, with the major functions, linked to
a page on attributes, other names, representations, and other cultural
data are available at about.com.
ART
The Egyptian
Museum's Accessories and Jewellery collections is online with a
sizeable collection of photography.
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Pyramids
PBS has Quicktime movies
from the top and around the pyramids. It includes a section on excavations;
the excavation site can be emailed from web site.
Mummies and Mummification
"The
Virtual Mummy: Unwrapping a Mummy by Mouse Click", from Institute
of Mathematics and Computer Science in Medicine Hamburg, explores mummification.
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