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Ancient
Egypt Searching
for treasure on the Web by Ms. Julie Sain Grade
6
Ancient
Egypt "Board games were very common in ancient Egypt and
people from all levels of society played them. Many
game boards from ancient Egypt have been found by
archaeologists." This British Museum exhibit presents
an interactive overview of ancient Egyptian life.
Each of the ten topics (for example Pyramids, Geography,
Pharaoh) feature a Shockwave challenge such as playing
a board game or matching tools to the correct tradesman
Inside
Pyramids:
Enter the secret passageways of an Egyptian pyramid
without ever setting foot in Egypt... PBS offers
this online tour through a pyramid, with inside
views, tips on archaeological excavations, and interesting
briefs on the pharoahs who reigned in their own
hallowed halls.
Tour
King Tut's Tomb:
Click on any of the rooms to view actual pictures
and learn more about the objects which were found
in the famed tomb of King Tutanhkhamum.
Mysteries
of the Deep Teacher's Guide:
While this thick Teacher's Guide was originally
written to accompany the film, "Mysteries of Egypt",
it stands well on its own as a valid and useful
resource for classroom activities and background
information for your unit on Ancient Egypt. Fully
thirteen chapters supply resources on every facet
of ancient life by the Nile, with activity sheets
and glossaries as well.
Ancient
Egypt at the British Museum - Ancient Eygpt at the British Museum offers a digitized
collection of artifacts along with stories, exploration,
and challenges for each section of the virtual museum.
Sections include: Eyptian Life, Geography, Gods and
Goddesses, Mummification, Pharaoh, Pyramids, Temples,
Time, Trades, and Writing.-
- Writing
With Hieroglyphics - So you want to write like an Egyptian, huh? Well
it took several years for aspiring scribes to learn
how to do it, so for the sake of time we'll just cover
the basics.
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- Ancient
Egypt: Lesson Plans for Teachers - Sponsored by the Detroit Institute of Arts Education
Programs and submitted by Detroit-area art teachers,
these lessons focus on ancient Egyptian art and include
standards-connections, materials lists, detailed instructions,
pictures & illustrations. K-6
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- Explore
the Pyramids - A great site which deals with the pyramids of ancient
Egypt. Have all your questions answered in one single
site.
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- Mysteries
of Egypt -
Egyptian civilization originated over 5,000 years
ago, and the country's historic sites are among the
world's greatest tourist attractions. The first seeds
of civilization were sown in the fertile Nile Valley,
surrounded by the endless desert, at the crossroads
between East and West. Here, the first multinational
state was born, the first writing system using hieroglyphs
was invented, the concepts of kingship, religion and
bureaucracy were developed. Mysteries of Egypt takes
us on a voyage that traverses the centuries, with
amazing views into the wonders of ancient Egypt.
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- Ancient
Egypt for Kids -
Learn about the history of Egypt in a much simpler
version. Also includes good coloring pages for kids.
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- National
Gallery of Art: Treasures of Ancient Egypt - From the earliest times, Egyptians denied the physical
impermanence of life. They formulated a remarkably
complex set of religious beliefs and funneled vast
material resources into the quest for immortality.
This exhibition focuses on the understanding of the
afterlife among Egyptians some 3,000 years ago, in
the period of the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC) through
the Late Period (664-332 BC). The New Kingdom marked
the beginning of an era of great wealth, power, and
stability for Egypt, and was accompanied by a burst
of cultural activity, much of which was devoted to
the quest for eternal life.
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- Hieroglyphic
Alphabet -
Alphabet characters were the basis for hieroglyphic
writings. The basic hieroglyph characters are refered
to as the aphabet. They 'spell out' names or anything
which can't be represented by other characters. The
alphabet characters are read as the sound of the object
they represented.
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