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Unbelievable graphics and excellent quality information and activities. Particularly good pyramid, hieroglyphics, and math activities. Commercial content is probably worth buying if it is as good as the free stuff. Can use for educational purposes if you link back to his site. Egypt Pyramids Pharaohs Hieroglyphs temple reconstructions kings and queens free Quiz games write your name in the ancient hieroglyphic script.

This is an excellent website for teaching history to kids. It contains some fairly detailed information.

Country Profile: Egypt PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Except for the Nile valley, Egypt is desert and semi-desert. The most rugged parts are in the Sinai peninsula, where Mount Catherine reaches 2,637 metres (8,650 feet). The western desert, mostly plateau, falls to altitudes below sea level, as in the Qattara Depression, towards the Mediterranean.

Imagine that you are relaxing in your room on a Saturday afternoon reading about Ancient Egyptians when you come across a picture of a mural with interesting writing on it. You move closer to the page to get a better look at the mural when all of a sudden... KaBLOOM! You are immediately transported back into time! It is the year 1250 B.C. and you are in Ancient Egypt!

Strategies for reading comprehension in social studies

Rome Reborn is an international initiative whose goal is the creation of 3D digital models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome from the first settlement in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 B.C.) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. A.D. 550).

Guide to Scholastic Books and reading levels

it seems to have a little bit of everything, but focusing on war and primary sources