Ancient Civilizations

Type in your name and see it spelled in hieroglyphics.

Wikijunior open source book on Egypt. Read online or download as .pdf.

Interview with a scientist who thinks the pyramids were poured from concrete rather than hauled into place. Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald, heard Saturdays from 12:06 p.m. on CBC Radio One

Very nice graphics, good info, easy to read site. The literature units on the Mountain City Elementary site were recommended by Maureen LaFleche and their history units are just as good.

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.

Many excellent links on this subsection of Educscapes.

Outstanding grade 6-9 Google Earth math activity to calculate the volume of the pyramids.

STEP INSIDE THE FIRST TOMB FOUND IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS IN OVER 84 YEARS

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

Welcome to the new and improved Clickable Mummy. Move your mouse over the picture on the left to see under the wrappings of a typical mummy, then click to see interesting facts and information about the mummification process. You will also see some of the many magical amulets that were included in the mummies wrappings. These were removed when the mummies were unwrapped so we can see them, but also turn up in x-ray images taken of unwrapped mummies.

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