Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Ancient Egypt
See also: This category in other languages: - 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 their daily lives. - Descriptions of daily life, material culture, social and political institutions, economy and geography of pharaonic Egypt - A scientific tool for converting calendar dates mentioned in Greek and Demotic Papyri from Egypt into Julian dates. - From Al-Ahram Weekly, can you imagine that an Ancient Egyptian physician once fitted a patient with a prosthetic toe? - 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. - Egypt calls for urgent action to save the monuments of the Nile Delta. - Maps, diagrams, and detailed information about the Egyptian Royal Tombs from Kelley L. Ross. - Internet resources, including mailing lists, news and gossip, contact information for institutes and individuals, journals and links from Nigel Strudwick. - A portal for Polish Egyptology, includes a history, suggested readings, museums, links, and gallery. - 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. - From Nature, Most ancient Egyptians were on the poverty line while a handful of priest-kings held fabulous wealth. - Article by Donald P. Ryan. - Designed to serve as a centralized online repository for archaeological activity at the Old Kingdom Giza necropolis, beginning with the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavations (1902-1947). Page contains thousands of excavation photographs, expedition diary pages, object register book pages, maps, tomb plans and sections, books and articles. - 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. - Records day-by-day activities of the Johns Hopkins University Expedition archaeological team in Egypt. Features details of the excavations with photos. - Features a brief history of ancient Egyptian tombs and monuments, with digital reconstruction of the tombs of Sennedjem and Inherkhau. - The Leiden Excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara, Egypt. - 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. - Scholarly article by Donald P. Ryan, from C.N. Reeves (ed.), After Tutankhamun: Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes (1992). - Articles about stone technology, the Sphinx and temples. - Information on past and present films dealing with Ancient Egypt or Egyptology. - The history, language and culture of Ancient Egypt, by Egyptologist Jacques Kinnaer. - Includes 6,600 objects from 10 European collections, with extensive documentation and color photography. - Nigel Skinner-Simpson tries to track down the evidence behind stories of tunnels in the Giza plateau. - Features the wonders, mysteries, religion and history of ancient and modern Egypt. With details and resources on related topics. - Forum covers histories, cultures and customs from Nubia to ancient Egypt. - An ancient tomb is discovered in the Valley of the Kings, the first since Tutankhamun's was found in 1922. (February 10, 2006) - From Al-Ahram, a 17th dynasty inscription found three months ago in Upper Egypt uncovered a critical and previously unknown Kushite attack on Egypt. (July 31, 2003) - From Al-Ahram Weekly, excavations at Karnak Temple complex have been focusing on areas hitherto little explored, with rewarding results. (November 21, 2002) - An article in the San Francisco Chronicle reporting that 5,250-year-old symbols unearthed near Luxor may predate Sumerian script. (April 16, 2002) - Musicians believe music will help us understand ancient Egypt's spoken language. (May 11, 1997)
