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The Durham Museum is starting a project to help educators coordinate learning experiences with current and past exhibits at our museum. It is a way of continuing our exhibits beyond their display time, by sharing knowledge with teachers and learners around the world.

Taking a multimedia approach to history, we can show that learning about the past can be an exciting visual and interactive experience for everyone. That is why the use of visual tools is growing in the educational world

Here you can find easy and fun ways to learn about the distant past, with activities and resources from around the web.

How to Use This Site

Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are recommended for viewing this site.

This site is designed especially for teachers when introducing students to life in the ancient world. It is organized in a way that should make learning about Egypt more fun and accessible to everyone. The tabs are arranged by topic, so you can follow the drop-down History menu to learn about many aspects of Ancient Egyptian life.

In reading this site, we would recommend that you get to know the lay of the land first.
Go to the Maps and take a look around Egypt and its neighbors.

Look at the Timelines next, so you can put things in order chronologically. For a society that lasted thousands of years, it is important to know what came first, Cleopatra or the Pyramids!

The History tabs provide the concepts and stories that underlie the timelines. Here you can read about the gods who populated Egyptian stories, the beliefs behind mummification, and the pharaohs who defined the course of Egyptian history.

For further reading, check out the books listed in the Bibliography and the webpages listed in Links.

The Contact page is at the end of the site menu.