Social Studies

General World History / Civilization Links

Fun with Mummies. Shockwave, flash player, and quicktime interactive activities from the Univ. of Chicago Museum Kids Corner.

National Geographic Secrets of Egypt - Focuses on the pyramids and includes a timeline of the pyramids and facts about who built them and what's inside.

BBC History - Egyptians. Includes a history timeline, some games in "Flash" and plenty of useful information.

Neferchichi.com has a great explanation of the meanings behind hieroglyphcs.

Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphs has a translator page converts keyboard letters into hieroglyphic symbols to see your name in symbol.

Guardian's Egypt - has articles, pictures, essays, songs, games, and facts and figures about just about everything Egyptian. Many fun activities to do with students.

Mark Millmore's Ancient Egyptian Page - Description: Visit this English artist's homepage to learn about hieroglyphics, the rulers of Ancient Egypt, and their building projects.

Neferchichi's Tomb - commercial site selling goods, but there are some activities and information about mummies.

King Tut One - Virtual tours of King Tut's tomb and the Great Pyramids, information about Akhenaten, Great Queens of Egypt, free Ancient Egyptian Clip art

Ancient Egypt Webquest - a set of activities and tasks for students to do in groups.

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Websites with links to More sites

Yahoo Kids Links to Archaeology of Egypt

Yahoo Kids Links to the Ancient Egypt sites

Mr. Donn's links for Ancient Egypt

Archaeology for Kids - Links from About.com

Ancient Egypt Resources - Lots of links.

Center for Computer-aided Egyptological Research - The Center for Computer-aided Egyptological Research (CCER) at Utrecht University in the Netherlands specializes in matters related to Egyptology. This site provides many links to activities, photos, and videos. (Slow at times - large set of links)