Mrs. Sims (formerly Ms. Hardison)

Have Fun Swimming in the Nile!

Hotlist for Ancient Egypt

http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcivile.html

• Good overview & timeline of Ancient Egypt
• Geography (Nile)
• Daily life (clothing, food, jewelry)
• Architecture (buildings)
• Writing (hieroglyphics)
• Religion (gods)
• Sciences (medicine, accomplishments)
• No ads
• No pop-ups
• Nothing to load
• From National Geographic, makers of the Ancient Egypt IMAX Movie

University of Memphis: Institute of Egyptian Art Archaeology

http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/artifact.html

• Use only for artifact search
• Text is adult level, difficult
• Photos of artifacts with description
• No ads
• No pop-ups

The British Museum

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

• Stories
• Easy to read short text
• No ads
• No pop-ups but the challenge part requires loading flash
• Organized by categories
• Egyptian Life

Eternal Egypt developed by IBM & the Egyptian government

http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet

• Easy to read short text. Feature to have text read to you.
• Great graphics
• No ads
• No Pop-ups
• Introduction music can be irritating
• Timeline: can focus on items from a particular time period
• Interactive Map
• Multiple ways to search: search box, categories
• Main Topics
• Arts and Crafts
  Crafts
  Pottery
  Society and Culture
  Religion and Spirituality
  Myths
• Artifacts
• King Tut
• Recreations of buildings and structures
• Lighthouse of Alexandria

You Wouldn't Want to be an Mummy in Ancient Egypt,

http://www.salariya.com/web_books/mummy/index.html

• Topics include: removing organs; getting stuffed; funerals, coffins, and tombs
• Great graphics from the book series
• Well organized
• Other titles include Gladiator, Explorer, and Whaling