Egypt

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Last updated:  October 17,2008

Ancient Egypt in Specific Periods

Ancient Egypt in General

Absolute Egyptology.  A beautiful, well-organized site by Ottar Vendel, with 110 pictures of gods and goddesses and detailed info on the first seventeen dynasties.  More than one thousand pictures in all. 
Abu Simbel:  From Bible Places.com
Ägypten:  Ein Erlebnis.  Wonderful site for those who can read German
Aigyptos--a databank on literature in Egyptology from the University of Munich
Amarna, Capital City of Ancient Egypt.  Themes, databases, models of the city.
American Research Center in Egypt
Ancient Egypt.  Web site run by the government of Egypt
Ancient Egypt from Earth's Ancient History
Ancient Egypt by Ellie Crystal  An especially rich site.
Ancient Egypt by Jacques Kinnaer  Fantastic site by an Egyptologist.
Ancient Egypt Links.  List of kings, teacher resources, chronology, Sinai.
Ancient Egypt Magazine.  Some articles available online
Ancient Egypt Map  Map by M. Rigby.  Links to other sites and pictures.
The Ancient Egypt Site.  History, Monuments, language, Egypt from A to Z.  2 million visitors!
Ancient Egypt:  The Mythology  April McDevitt
The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid TextsBy James P. Allen.  Review by Michael S. Moore and Youri Volokhin in Review of Biblical Literature
Ancient Scripts:  writing systems, phonetics, historical linguistics, etc.
Ancient Sudan:  Nubia  A website by Ibrahim Omer
Anthony's Egyptology and Archaeology  Directory of Egyptian gods; Egyptian computer fonts.
Atlas of the Valley of the Kings.  From the Theban Mapping Project.
Book of the Dead (Budge Translation)
Brief Biographies of Egyptian Gods.  By Shawn C. Knight.
Brief Chronology of the Great Pharaohs  Created by Anthony DiPaolo
British Centre for Egyptian Studies  Fantastic resources!
British Museum Department of Egyptian Antiquities
Brooklyn Museum  Much on Egyptian and classical art.
 Cambridge University List of Egyptian Resources  Great links to other Egyptian studies web sites
Center for Computer-Aided Egyptological Research.  Links to Egyptian treasures, resources, virtual exhibition, etc.
David Lorton's Page:  Ancient Egypt.  Includes a few essays by the author.
David Roberts Lithographs of Egypt.
Demotic Dictionary published by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Digital Collection of 687 pictures by the University of Washington
Digital Egypt for Universities  Over 3,000 pages plus three dimension reconstructions of archaeological sites.
Digital Karnak--UCLA

 


Egypt and the Ancient Near East for Young People  Resources for teachers from the Oriental Institute.
Egypt Archive  Great photographs, including ones of museums.
Egypt Page--University of Pennsylvania
Egypt Revealed.  A magazine dealing with ancient Egypt.
Egypt WWW Index  Home page of Peter A. Piccione--Pioneer in teaching Egyptology online
Egyptian Antiquities Information  Department of Tourism in Egypt
Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Egyptian Mythology.  By M. F. Lindemans.  Well-indexed.
Egyptian Mythology  Run by the Ministry of Tourism in Egypt
Egyptian Royal Genealogy.  Annotated.  So far Ptolemies only.
Egyptian Royal Genealogy.  Same as immediately above, but at a different address
Egypt Sites and Excavations
Egypt's Golden Empires
Egyptology--UCLA
Egyptology.com
Egyptology Resources at the University of Cambridge.  This is a good starting place for info on Egyptology.
Egyptomania.  A study of the use of ancient Egypt in the arts, history of pre modern Egyptology, and much more.
Encounters with Ancient Egypt at University College London.  Abstracts and Papers from a conference in 2000.
Encyclopedia of Egyptology from UCLA.
Encyclopedia of the Rulers of Egypt.
Eros in Egypt.  By David O'Connor.  Archaeology Odyssey.  September-October, 2001
Eternal Egypt.  Wonderful site with multimedia resources.  Slow to load on dial up.  By Francis Deblauwe.
Evidence for Israel in Egypt.  From Christian Answers Net.  A bit more optimistic about the evidence than I tend to be
Exploring Ancient World Cultures:  Egypt  University of Evansville
Giza Pyramids.  From Bible Places.com
Giza Archives Projects  Archives of George Reisner excavation in the Pyramid area--Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  Panoramic views; complete run of articles from 1903-1994.
Giza Plateau Computer Model
Glyph Doctors:  Study Egyptology Online
Gods and Goddesses--Clickable chart  Created by the University of Pennsylvania
The Griffith Institute Oxford
Guardian's Egypt.  Pyramids, mummies, hieroglyphs, gods/goddesses
Hieroglyphics


In the Hall of Ma`at.  Spiffy site with a number of interesting features.
Index of Egyptian History  Description of each dynasty and a box containing the chronology of the period.
Institute of Egyptology in Munich
Institute of Egyptology in Rio
Internet History Sourcebooks.  Paul Hallsall of Fordham University
Internet Resources for Egyptology  Washington State University
Introduction to the history and culture of Pharonic Egypt.  Splendid site with great resources.
Isle of Fire:  A tour of the Egyptian "further world" or world of the dead.
Jim Loy's Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Egyptology Page.  A terrific site!
K. C. Hanson's Collection of Egyptian Documents
Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project.  University of Memphis, Tennessee
Karnak Temple of Amun--reconstruction of plan
Karnak Temple:  From Bible Places.com  Three pages of pictures
Karnak Temple Tour.
Luxor Temple:  From Bible Places.com

 


Main Map of Ancient Egypt Mankato  Archaeology, religion, history, daily life, hieroglyphs.
Medinet Habu:  Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III.  From Bible Places.com
The Mind of Ancient Egypt.  History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs.  Review by Sheldon Lee Gosline in Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
Multilingual Egyptological Thesaurus Find objects in museums.
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Pictures from Ancient Egypt
Pleins' Bookmarks
Pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian
Pyramids--the Inside Story--A PBS web site
Pyramids of Egypt.  Good photographs of pyramids and other sites
Rigby's World of Egypt  Some 120 pages!
Splendors of Ancient Egypt  Florida International Museum
Theban Mapping Project.   High tech site, with many resources.
Time Warp Gallery.  Humorous look at the modern world from an Ancient Egypt perspective.  By Richard Deurer.
Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses II
University of Memphis--Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
University of Pennsylvania:  Egyptian Section
Who's Who of Egypt.  Rulers, important people, gods and goddesses, briefly defined.
Women and Religion in Ancient Egypt.  By Barbara S. Lesko

 

 

 

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Ancient Egypt in Specific Periods

Timeline of Egyptian History from the University of Pennsylvania

 

Pre-history

Ancient Egypt and World Pre-History  A web site by Mikey Brass.

Old Kingdom--Era of the Pyramids

Early Dynastic Egypt  Especially good on the 2nd and 3rd dynasties.
Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids.  Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Plateau (of the pyramids)--Official web site of Zahi Hawass
Step Pyramid of Djoser Built during the Third Dynasty


Middle Kingdom

Hatshepsut.  She ruled Egypt from 1503-1480 BCE.
Hatshepsut:  Wicked Stepmother or Joan of Arc.  An article by Peter F. Dorman
Second Intermediate Period 1640-1550:  The Hyksos  Washington State University
Twelfth and following dynasties

 

 

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Akhenaten and the Amarna Period.  By Kate Spence
Akhek-aten Home Page  Oodles of information on the "heretic" king and the Amarna age (no longer updated)
Akhenaten:  The Glory of the Aten
Akhenaten's Reign:  A Year by Year Account
The Amarna Site
Amarna, Capital City of Ancient Egypt.  Themes, databases, models of the city.
Amarna Research Foundation  Dedicated to exploring the Amarna period
Art of the Amarna Period.
Mansoor Amarna Collection.   
Pharaohs of the Sun  Web site on the Amarna period Pharaohs
Search for Tutankhamun.  Howard Carter's Records of Five Seasons of Excavation.
Tell el-Amarna, Capital of the Disk
Tutankhamun: Anatomy of An Excavation  Complete report on the work of Howard Carter
Tutankhamun Home Page
Works from the Akhenaten Period from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

 

King Tut on a chair           

 

New Kingdom

New Kingdom Egypt dead sit.
New Kingdom:  1550-1070.  Washington State University
Ramesses II
Some Tactical Remarks on the Battle of Qadesh
Temple of Abu Simbel (Ramesses II)
Temple of Abu Simbel
Temple Palace of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu

Ptolemaic Egypt

Chronological Tables for Determining Julian Dates in the Ptolemaic Era
Diadochi Wars:  Chronological Tables from 323-270
House of Ptolemy:  Historical Overviews of Ptolemaic Egypt
Ptolemies  Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine Egypt

Museums

Ancient Egypt from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Ancient Egypt from the British Museum
British Museum Egyptian Antiquities
Egyptian Museum Cairo
Egyptian Museum Cairo
Global Egyptian Museum  6,600 artifacts.  Free access at first, but then one must register.
Museums Online with Antiquities Collections
Egypt Gallery  Many paintings and photographs--Greg Reeder
Oriental Institute Egyptian Gallery

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