Ancient Civilizations

Table of Contents # Introduction # The River Nile # History # Pharaohs # Hatshepsut # Cleopatra # Magic & Medicine # The People of Egypt # Egyptian Language # Papyrus # Tombs # Gods # Egypt Today # About the authors # Bibliography

Ancient Egyptian History, Religion, Geography and the Arts

This view from the southeast overlooks the green expanse of the Nile delta, with the Suez Canal and portions of the Red Sea in the background. The delta begins to fan out around Cairo, about 160 km inland near the picture's right edge.

Egyptian Scroll Paintings--thanks Gun Hui!

Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Scroll Paintings Introduction This lesson introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs, one of the oldest writing systems in the world, and through tomb paintings. Hieroglyphs consist of pictures of familiar objects that represent sounds. They were used in ancient Egypt from about 3100 BC to 400 CE.

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.

Welcome to the JIS grade 7 English Language Support wiki!

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.

Pyramids

Explore these sites to learn about the ancient Egyptian pyramids. Includes illustrations and interactive sites. There are links to eThemes Resources on angles and triangles, Modern Egypt, and ancient culture.

An Internet Hotlist on Ancient Egypt

Canopic jars were an important part of the mummification process. The body's internal organs were carefully stored in these jars. There were always four jars, representing the four sons of the god Horus - four protective spirits - human, baboon, falcon, and jackal.

WOODEN MODEL FUNERARY BOAT Sycamore fig wood 12th Dynasty, about 1900 BC

Funerary boats Boat models were particularly popular in Old and Middle Kingdom tombs. They were used by the owner in the afterlife for a variety of reasons such as travelling the country, making a pilgrimage to holy sites like Abydos, or simply crossing the river. They can also be linked to the journey of gods through the heavens and the underworld.

Maps of Ancient Egypt

Welcome to Life in Ancient Egypt, an introduction to The Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Carnegie Museum of Natural History has acquired Egyptian artifacts since its founding and now holds about twenty-five-hundred ancient Egyptian artifacts. The most significant of these objects, over six hundred of them, are displayed in The Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt. In the hall the artifacts are displayed in relation to the daily life and traditions of the people who made them, so that the objects are seen in the context of the culture. To present a cohesive picture of ancient Egyptian society, its technology, its social system, and its beliefs, we have arranged the objects in several thematic areas. Life in Ancient Egypt, however, presents the themes in a slightly different order than the hall. You may choose from the links to the left or follow the suggested path by clicking the Next button on each screen. We hope you have the opportunity to come to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and visit The Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt.

Mummies of Ancient Egypt