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Cleveland Museum of Art Pharaohs Exhibition - See kings and queens, pharaohs, and their treasures. See statues and carvings from long ago. Learn some fun facts about the pharaohs. Did you know that some of them were women? Follow your guide, Rosetta Stone, and learn how to construct a paper model of a pharaoh (the pattern is printable) or go on an expedition to find out more about animals of ancient Egypt. Hut, hut, go King Tut!
CMCC - Mysteries of Egypt - Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, contained over 3,000 wonderful things, including a golden mask of the boy king himself. Although he became king at age 9, he was dead by about age 17. What really happened to Tutankhamun? What was his life like? Was he murdered? Find out possible answers here. Gaze in awe at the treasures found, displayed for you in the virtual galleries. If you have the right plug-ins, you can manipulate artifacts to see them better, or take a virtual reality tour of a tomb. There are also many additional links collected at this excellent site.
Egypt Information Highway - One of the best sites on this country is the official Egyptian Information Highway site. You will discover a lot of background information on Egypt plus carefully sorted and arranged links to other pages.
Egypt Tourism Net - From the Red Sea coast to the oases in the interior, Egypt really does have it all. This official site has it all! You might want to visit a city like Luxor first. It has statues, carvings, and paintings. Perhaps you'd like to hop over to the Sinai. Its mountains tower above the sea, where you can snorkel. Check out the two-mile-long High Dam at Aswan, which supplies electricity for all of Egypt. Or maybe you'd rather sit back and see an automatic slide show of the whole tour.
EgyptWorld - You may be familiar with the Pyramids at Giza, but did you know these monuments are spread throughout Egypt? Take a tour of them as you explore this graphically rich site. Along the way there's a time line, various media kiosks, and games. Learn about the Rosetta stone, which gave the key to unlock the secrets of hieroglyphics. This site was created by students for the ThinkQuest competition.
Guardian's Egypt - Venture through the ruins of a real pyramid. Can you figure out its mysteries? The Sphinx has clues about its past, too. But what on earth happened to its nose? (Hint: It didn't fall off as a result of erosion or weather!) This site is a complete guide to links on both ancient and modern Egypt and includes information about music and art, language lessons in Arabic, a special kids' section, and more.
Horus Web Site - Little Horus is ready to take you on a trip through Egypt! So sit back and click on any of the buttons. Horus says you should expect to find fun, knowledge, and joy. And the best news is that each month, Horus finds a new place in Egypt for you to visit, so plan to return often! For example, head for the Abdeen Palace. Horus says it is one of the most elegant places in the world!
Land of the Pharaohs - Egypt was one of the greatest civilizations of the past. The monuments and tombs of the country's greatest rulers continue to stand intact, some 3,000 years later. No other country in the world has as many impressive ancient remains as Egypt does. In the Nile Valley the past seems very close. The people who lived there thousands of years ago left us a wonderful legacy of art, architecture and literature. Journey to the Land of the Pharaohs.
Odyssey in Egypt - Join archaeologists in a real dig at this award-winning resource. You can tour the dig site and move around it in virtual reality. But Egypt is much more than old stuff. Get to know kids who live and work there. One weaves carpets in a store. Another helps on the farm with his family. How would you study and preserve a wall painting? Where would you dig for archaeological ruins next? Your ideas are valuable! You can help by solving problems in the SOS section of each week's material.
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