Akhet - Egyptian Religion and Temple Life
Features detailed information on the history of religion, creation myths, gods and goddesses, temples, the king and the priesthood, festivals, and other aspects Ancient Egyptian religion; also includes articles about queens and ordinary women and the
http://www.philae.nu/akhet/index.htmlAncient Egyptian Gardens
Ostracon 11(1). Ancient Egyptian gardens and their requirements are a complex subject.
http://www.egyptstudy.org/Ostracon/JBigelow_Feb2000.pdf
Ancient Egyptian Priest Settlement Uncovered
From Discovery News, 2,000-year-old priest settlement in southern Egypt has been discovered by Egyptian and German archaeologists.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s901864.htm
Aspects of Life in Ancient Egypt
Descriptions of daily life, material culture, social and political institutions, economy and geography of pharaonic Egypt
http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics/
Building a Database of Ancient Egypt
Article by Emad Asfour proposes standards for electronically recording, storing, and managing data from ancient Egyptian objects. Includes author's profile, animation files, and photos.
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~easfour/
Date converter for Ancient Egypt
A scientific tool for converting calendar dates mentioned in Greek and Demotic Papyri from Egypt into Julian dates.
http://www.egyptian-chronology.netfirms.com/
Dig Days: Hidden treasures on view
From Al-Ahram Weekly, can you imagine that an Ancient Egyptian physician once fitted a patient with a prosthetic toe?
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/621/he2.htm
Early Dynastic Egypt
Francesco Raffaele presents an illustrated history of the second and third dynasties, king by king, with references. Also corpora of First Dynasty labels and Early Dynastic inscriptions, and articles.
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/
Egypt's Treasures in Danger
Egypt calls for urgent action to save the monuments of the Nile Delta.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/693465.stm
Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom
Maps, diagrams, and detailed information about the Egyptian Royal Tombs from Kelley L. Ross.
http://www.friesian.com/tombs.htm
Egyptology in Australia
Resources, collections, university programs, and fieldwork.
http://www.zeta.org.au/~ksowada/
Egyptology in Poland
A portal for Polish Egyptology, includes a history, suggested readings, museums, links, and gallery.
http://www.egiptologia.prv.pl/
Egyptology Resources
Internet resources, including mailing lists, news and gossip, contact information for institutes and individuals, journals and links from Nigel Strudwick.
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/
Elkab's Hidden Treasure
From Al-Ahram, a 17th dynasty inscription found three months ago in Upper Egypt uncovered a critical and previously unknown Kushite attack on Egypt.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/649/he1.htm
Encounters with Ancient Egypt
Conference at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 15-18 December 2000. Includes abstracts of papers.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/events/conferences/enco/
Famous Lives
From Al-Ahram Weekly, Saqqara tomb of a scribe in Akhenaten's reign and a colossal statue of one of Ramses II's wives at Zagazig have shed more light on two famous Pharaohs.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/622/he2.htm
Few Had Wealth in Ancient Egypt
From Nature, Most ancient Egyptians were on the poverty line while a handful of priest-kings held fabulous wealth.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/021125/021125-8.html
Fruitful Seasons
From Al-Ahram Weekly, excavations at Karnak Temple complex have been focusing on areas hitherto little explored, with rewarding results.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/613/hr2.htm
Further Observations Concerning the Valley of the Kings
Article by Donald P. Ryan.
http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/Observ2.html
Gateway to Uruguayan Egyptology
Provides links to Web pages about ancient Egypt. [English and Spanish]
http://www.geocities.com/juanjosecastillos/
Giza On Line
Articles about stone technology, the Sphinx and temples.
http://sunship.com/egypt/index.html
Golden Hopes from Pharaoh's Map
BBC reports that geologists and engineers in Egypt are searching for gold using a 3,000-year-old map, believed to have been drawn by King Seti I.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/449680.stm
Groupe de Recherche Europeen Pour l'Archeologie du Levant - GREPAL
Objectives include furthering scientific research on the Levant's earliest civilizations. Activities are focused on the excavations, the publication of collections, archaeological training, and the diffusion of scientific findings to both profess
http://grepal.free.fr/uk/indexUK.html
Hopkins in Egypt Today
Records day-by-day activities of the Johns Hopkins University Expedition archaeological team in Egypt. Features details of the excavations with photos.
http://www.jhu.edu/~neareast/egypttoday.html
Life in Ancient Egypt
Examination of everyday life in ancient Egypt through artifacts on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/
New Egyptian King Discovered
Rossella Lorenzi reports for Discovery News that a high-ranking priest served the Nubian dynasty as a king, and his tomb reveals the trappings of power.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020422/newking.html
Ptahhotep's Australian Egyptology Page
Egyptology contributions by Australia: excavations, coptology, and museum collections.
http://www.zeta.org.au/~ptahotep/
Reconstructing Ancient Egyptian Tombs
Features a brief history of ancient Egyptian tombs and monuments, with digital reconstruction of the tombs of Sennedjem and Inherkhau.
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/egypt
Saqqara
The Leiden Excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara, Egypt.
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/
Secrets of the Pharaohs
PBS companion to the TV series focusing on new findings: genetic disease in the 18th dynasty; the tombs of the pyramid builders; mummy of a noblewoman and chantress from Luxor named Asru.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/
Some Observations Concerning Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Scholarly article by Donald P. Ryan, from C.N. Reeves (ed.), After Tutankhamun: Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes (1992).
http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/Observ1.html
Swiss Judiciary Considers Egyptian Request to Return 300 Rare Artefacts
Story from Egyptian State Information Service about Egyptian antiquities that were smuggled into Switzerland.
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html10/o041023h.htm
Tableau May be Oldest Text
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle reporting that 5,250-year-old symbols unearthed near Luxor may predate Sumerian script.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/04/16/MN229801.DTL
Tel er-Rub'a
Large tel complex located about 100 km northeast of Cairo in the eastern Nile Delta.
http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/dept/fac_bio/dandrea/teleruba.htm
The Ancient Egypt Film Site
Information on past and present films dealing with Ancient Egypt or Egyptology.
http://www.wepwawet.nl/films/
The Ancient Egypt Site
The history, language and culture of Ancient Egypt, by Egyptologist Jacques Kinnaer.
http://ancient-egypt.org
The battle for the Rosetta Stone
From The Independent, Egypt's leading archaeologist has demanded the return of the Rosetta Stone.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=426976
The Centre for Computer-Aided Egyptological Research
At Utrecht University in The Netherlands offers computer resources and online lists and databases including complete Hieroglyphica, listing of Egyptologists and Institutions.
http://www.ccer.nl/
The Egypt Archive
Featues photo archives of major Ancient Egyptian sites, and Ancient Egyptian antiquities collections in major museums.
http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/
The Egyptologist's Electronic Forum
This mailing list has available online various archives, news items and Egyptology FAQs, as well as a comprehensive list of upcoming events in Egyptology.
http://www.netins.net/showcase/ankh/eefmain.html
The Global Egyptian Museum
Includes 6,600 objects from 10 European collections, with extensive documentation and color photography.
http://www.GlobalEgyptianMuseum.com
The Land of the Pharaoh
Short essays on the period of 3000 years ancient Egypt.
http://www.freewebs.com/benastro
The Shaft, the Subway and the Causeway
Nigel Skinner-Simpson tries to track down the evidence behind stories of tunnels in the Giza plateau.
http://www.towers-online.co.uk/pages/shafted.htm
The Sounds of Ancient Egypt
Musicians believe music will help us understand ancient Egypt's spoken language.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9705/11/egypt/
Wilbour Library of Egyptology
Collection of Egyptological works held at The Brooklyn Museum of Art.
http://www.gate.net/~ekwerner/wilbour.htm
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