Ancient Egypt

Links to Learn:

Deep in the Tombs of Egypt: Watch a short film about mummies, learn how to draw like an Egyptian, share Rosetta Stone's Pharaoh Adventure, discover ancient Egyptian gods, and more!

Daily Life: What did the ancient Egyptians do all day? What did they wear? What did they eat? What kind of toys did they have? This site, written by the St Petersburg Times, answers those questions and more!

Ancient Egypt - This incredible site from the British Museum includes Egyptian life, gods and goddesses, mummification, pharaoh, pyramids, temples, time, trade, writing, and challenge games to play online.

Mysteries of Egypt - Learn about ancient Egyptian government, daily life, clothing and more. From the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Egyptian Scavenger Hunt  You've just applied for a summer job as a helper to a world renowned Egyptologist. She wants you to be able to read and absorb information quickly, and to be facile at using the World Wide Web to locate data about Ancient Egypt. To weed out the non-serious applicants, she has created a scavenger hunt. The winner of the hunt will be her first choice for the job. Are you game?

The Women of Ancient Egypt Get an introduction to some famous women of ancient Egypt featuring Nefertiti, Hatshepsut, Cleopatra, Kiya, Tiya, Nefertari and more.

Ancient Egypt WebQuest Embark on 6 missions to learn about ancient Egypt!

Links for fun:

Ancient Egypt for Children - Spell your name in hieroglyphics, look at Egyptian wall painting, play sliding blocks, and learn about the temple of Abu Simbel.

Neferchichi's Tomb Kids Page- learn about mummies, play Egyptian mad-libs, learn to write in hieroglyphs.

The Cleveland Museum of Art has a lot of cool things for you to do here, from pages to color to making a cutout figure of a Pharaoh, plus a lot of other things to learn - like what they did to make mummies and how they built the pyramids.

"Hatshepsut's Revenge" is an adventure game that takes you back to Ancient Egypt. The pharaoh of Egypt, King Tut, is disturbed by strange things happening in the palace.. Only you can help him! Read each page then select a choice at the bottom of the screen to continue on. Some paths may take you in circles if you don't choose wisely.

Lever an Obelisk- The most efficient builders can lift the obelisk 3 feet using a combination of only 7 total weights and support blocks.  Can you?

Math- In this section you will find a description of Egyptian numerals and how they work. There is also some mathematical problems set out using the ancient numbers.

Geography- Learn about the geography of Ancient Egypt through this interactive story.