| Information About Ancient Egypt to Help with Homework Assignments |
Ancient Egypt: Features information about Egyptian History (with timeline), Egyptian Government, Environment, Religion, Clothing, Food, Science, Economy, People, Writing and Literature, Games, Art and Architecture, and Wars
Ancient Egypt Kid Connection: This section of Guardian's Egypt is dedicated to Kids! Most kids love Egypt and enjoy learning about ancient Egyptian life and culture; fun and interesting Egypt links especially for kids
| Ancient Egypt Topics to Help with Homework Assignments |
Akhet Egyptology: An ideal place to start exploring the wonders of the past. Find out about the people of this amazing culture, and learn about the gods they worshiped, the Pharaohs they followed and the tombs and statues they left behind; find out more about famous people like Tutankhamun, the elaborate preparations they made for an eternal life. See the masks and jewelry which the dead took with them into their tombs and the elaborate mythology that inspired it
Ancient Egypt Site: Explore Guardian's Sphinx; The History of the Conservation of the Sphinx; See and print a MAP of EGYPT; EXPLORE: Guardian's King Tut! ENTER: Guardian's Pyramids; Learn about the Gods and Goddesses, mummies, and MORE; kid's site, too
Ancient Egypt - The British Museum: Explore Egyptian Life, Geography, Pyramids, and Time. Find out where writing was used in Ancient Egypt. Shockwave activities are included for each area of study (Click on the TITLE found on each page to learn more about that topic!)
Ancient Egyptian History: Hieroglyphs, Pyramids and Temples, Kings and Queens, PLUS VIDEOS
Ancient Egyptian Virtual Temple: Explore the realm known as Ancient Egypt or Kemet (KMT) as it was known to the Egyptians themselves; History; Religion & Beliefs; Culture & Daily Life; Places & Maps of; Egypt; Mummies; Events; Art; Architecture; Pyramids; Literature & Wisdom; Music & Dance; Hieroglyphs; Egyptian Medicine; Priests & Physicians; Temple Gardens; Egyptian Calendar
BBC: Egyptian History: Ancient Egypt, Pyramids, Kings & Queens, Hieroglyphs, Mummies, Cool Digs, Sites & Monuments, Egyptian Art/Music, Museums & Exhibits, Mythology & Religion, Other Egypt Links
Encyclopedia of the Orient: Ancient Egypt: People, Economy, Government, Society, Cities and Villages, Economy, Life Styles, Language, Education, Science Culture
History of Ancient Egypt - from Wikipedia: Ancient Egypt - a History
Nova Online: Mysteries of the Nile - Explore Ancient Egypt: QuickTime VR images of Egypt. Close-ups of the Sphinx, the Great Pyramid, and Luxor, the Tomb of Rekhmire, and MORE
Odyssey: Egypt: Explore people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing, and archaeology.
Virtual Egypt: An educational resource about ancient Egypt. Learn about pyramids, hieroglyphics, mummies, view articles, photos and multimedia; one of the most extensive image collections of Egyptian art and structure available on the Internet
| Interesting Facts about the History of Ancient Egypt |
*Egypt is located in northeast corner of the Africa.
*The River Nile flows through Egypt and into the Mediterranean Sea.
Ancient Egyptians lived along the banks of the river Nile in Egypt. Around 5000 B.C. farmers settled in Egypt along the River Nile.
* Ancient Egypt was divided Egypt into two areas: the red land and the black land.
*Two different kingdoms developed in ancient Egypt ruled by different kings: Upper Egypt, known as the white crown, and Lower Egypt, knows as the red crown.
*In 3200 B. C. a pharaoh, Menes, from the upper Egypt conquered the lower Egypt and Egypt became united. He built a new capital called Memphis which meant "Balance of the Two Lands".
*Ancient Egyptian writing, known as hieroglyphic writing, included 2,000 hieroglyphic characters and pictures.
*The clothing that ancient Egyptians wore contained linen which was made from flax.
*The Egyptians worshipped many gods and goddesses.
*Ancient Egypt had many pharaohs who were, at the time of their reign, the king or queen of Egypt.
The pyramids of ancient Egypt were built as tombs for the pharaohs who died.
*Not only are there records of Ancient Egyptian mummies, but there are also records of mummified animals.
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