Ancient Civilizations

Learn about mummies and mummification through this webquest task

To learn about the mummification process, student teams will mummify a fish and create the necessary artifacts (cartouche and mask) to be placed in a designated burial site.

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The genesis of our spirit stretches from the first palettes carved in shale nearly five thousand years ago to the mural paintings with which the Copts covered the bas-reliefs of the temples of yore.

The Pharaonic Era dates back to 3000 years B.C. till Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 323 B.C. During the Pharaonic Era, Egypt witnessed many aspects of progress and renaissance in all fields.

So what's so great about the Great Pyramid? Lots of stuff, like its amazing shape and dimensions. Click on the pyramid to find out more.

elcome to our virtual temple. Ancient Egyptians made offerings to many gods and goddesses as well as to their deceased family members. Giving offerings was an important part of their religion; it also fueled their economy. Explore this section of our web site to learn more about the concept of offerings and what items made up a typical Egyptian offering table. When the exhibition was on view at the Museum, you could select images and write poems to make you own special offering to the gods. Now that the exhibition is closed you can see the offerings people made. You can stil select images with your mouse to create a virtual offering.

Read about a girl from Ancient Egypt

Akhenaten and His Family 1348-1336 BC; painted limestone relief 31x39cm

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Ancient Egyptians believed in life after death and the possibility that the deceased might return to Earth and need the use of their body again. So those who could afford it, like members of the royal family and other important people, had their body mummified and some internal organs stored in sacred jars. These have become known as Canopic jars, possibly named after the Egyptian god Canopus.

utankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation is ambitious in its scope but simple in its aims: to make the complete records of Howard Carter's excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun available on these web pages. It is astonishing, but no longer acceptable, that some eighty years and thousands of articles, hundreds of books, and dozens of exhibitions after the discovery of the tomb, this most famous event in the history of Egyptian archaeology has not yet been fully published. The documentation is presented in its original form and all, scholars, interested members of the public and school students, can consult it. We hope that this will help bring the knowledge and love of ancient Egypt to everybody.

Portal to the Past of Ancient Egypt

Introduction to How the Nile River Works Most people will probably never venture down the Nile River. Instead, they choose to live vicariously through action movies and television shows. That's definitely the safest route, as the Nile came by its treacherous reputation honestly, thanks to rough rapids, rabid mosquitoes and some very unfriendly, yet beautiful, wildlife. Despite all of these factors, the Nile has given great opportunities to millions of people throughout history, and continues to do so to this day.