Useful Links
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These are some websites which have been brought to our attention.
About ancient Egypt and Sudan:
www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk - A web resource created at University College London, aimed at teachers and students in higher education.
www.touregypt.net - A popular, well-illustrated website with many articles on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Sudan.
http://www.fathom.com/gateway/pyramids/ - On-line seminars and information on topics such as society and family, religion, the Ancient Egyptian worldview and women in ancient Egypt.
Activities for schools and children:
www.neferchichi.com - Fun website with many activities, led by Neferchichi the Chihuahua. Learn how to mummify oranges and write your name in hieroglyphs.
www.ancientegypt.co.uk - Website aimed at KS2 schoolchildren, created by The British Museum.
www.accessingvirtualegypt.ucl.ac.uk/COVES_kids/index.php - Join Ayesha the archaeologist to find out more about ancient Egypt and Sudan.
artworld.uea.ac.uk - Teaching resource for world art, extensively illustrated for ancient Egypt from the collections of the Oriental Museum, Durham.
Research on ancient Egypt and Sudan:
www.ees.ac.uk - Website of the Egypt Exploration Society, founded in 1882 as the Egypt Exploration Fund, this organization sponsored many of the excavations that brought ancient Egyptian material to the UK and holds a substantial archive of material relating to those excavations.
www.sudarchrs.ac.uk - Website of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society, which organizes archaeological fieldwork in the Sudan.
griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk - Website of The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, the foremost Egyptology archive in the world. The Griffith Institute is home to all the photographs and record cards from Howard Carter’s work on the tomb of Tutankhamun, as featured on the website.
www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt - The Egyptology Resources website contains a wealth of information about current work in Egyptology, with links to archaeological sites, museums, and FAQ.
Some on-line catalogues for UK museum collections:
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass - Search the British Museum collections for objects from ancient Egypt and Sudan. Each search links to several related objects and articles.
www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk - A wealth of information about archaeology in ancient Egypt and Sudan, with a searchable on-line database of the Petrie Museum collection.
www.accessingvirtualegypt.ucl.ac.uk - Use the on-line COVES database to search Egyptian
and Sudanese collections at the Petrie Museum (UCL), the Bexhill Museum, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Buckinghamshire County Museum, and the Ipswich Museums Service.
www.manchester.ac.uk/museum - Follow the ‘Search the Collections’ link to see highlights of the Egyptology collection.
www.egyptcentre.org.uk/ - Search the collection of The Egypt Centre, Swansea.
www.ourtreasures.org/home.asp - Follow the ‘Egyptology’ link for highlights from the
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery’s collection.
