Web Directory

» 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 their da
   http://www.philae.nu/akhet/index.html

» Ancient Egyptian Gardens
   Ostracon 11(1). Ancient Egyptian gardens and their requirements are a complex subject.
   http://www.egyptstudy.org/ostracon/archives/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://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/

» BBC: Pharaonic Tomb Find Stuns Egypt
   An ancient tomb is discovered in the Valley of the Kings, the first since Tutankhamun's was found in 1922.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4700032.stm

» Date Converter for Ancient Egypt
   A scientific tool for converting calendar dates mentioned in Greek and Demotic Papyri from Egypt into Julian dates.
   http://aegyptologie.online-resourcen.de/

» 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 Resources
   Internet resources, including mailing lists, news and gossip, contact information for institutes and individuals, journals and links from Nigel Strudwick.
   http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/

» 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.pl/

» 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

» Giza Archives Project
   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 photograph
   http://www.gizapyramids.org/

» 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

» 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/egypttoday/

» 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

» Spirit & Stone
   Articles about stone technology, the Sphinx and temples.
   http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/egypt/

» 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/faculty/dandrea/tel.html

» 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://www.ancient-egypt.org/

» The Egypt Archive
   Features 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.org/

» The Heqanakht Papyri
   Review by Morris Silver of: James P. Allen's "The Heqanakht Papyri, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art" ISBN: 1-58839-070-5. An analysis of Egyptian economics as seen through the lens of this text.
   http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/0868.shtml

» 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/

» Travellers in Egypt
   Articles and journals feature the history of ancient travellers in Egypt and Near East.
   http://www.travellersinegypt.org/

» Wonders of Ancient Egypt
   Features the wonders, mysteries, religion and history of ancient and modern Egypt. With details and resources on related topics.
   http://www.nekhebet.com/

» thenilevalley
   Forum covers histories, cultures and customs from Nubia to ancient Egypt.
   http://phpbb-host.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=thenile&sid=3c10107180659bb9095e6c91925a64b0