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Here is a fun way to learn how to read hieroglyphs, the written language of Ancient Egypt. You can read the names of great pharaohs and doodles from tomb walls.
Guide to Hieroglyphs with Tutorials
If you are looking for more detailed timelines, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has great resources for high school learners and above.
Here is the British Museum's website dedicated to Ancient Egypt, featuring some of their artifacts and research projects.
Explore World Cultures: Ancient Egypt
Here is an online atlas that places a map of Egypt on a timeline to show you a comprehensive view of ancient Egyptian borders over time. Clicking on each point in the timeline, you can see how the borders of Egypt changed over the centuries as they interacted with neighboring peoples.
TimeMaps History Atlas: Ancient Egypt
Here is another interactive atlas of the greater Middle East, created by the University of Chicago. This shows a complete history of the Middle East, including the state of the countries there today. Intended for an audience of middle school and above.
Here is a map of the Ancient Mediterranean over time.
The Oriental Institute of Chicago has an online Mummy Maker Game. Animated fun!
*The Woman Who Would Be King
Presented by Dr. Kara Cooney
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Dr. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA. Specializing in craft production, coffin studies and economies in the ancient world, Cooney received her PhD in Egyptology from Johns Hopkins University. In 2005, she was co-curator of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt is Cooney’s first trade book, and it benefits from her immense knowledge of Egypt’s ancient history to craft an illuminating biography of its least well-known female king. As an archaeologist who spent years at various excavations in Egypt, Cooney draws from the latest field research to fill in the gaps in the physical record of Hatshepsut. Published by Crown Publishing Group, the book was released on October 14, 2014.
