World History
Pyramids - The Inside Story. This site was created to accompany an episode of the PBS Nova from 1997. The description from the site reads, "Have you ever dreamed of exploring the pyramids of Egypt? If so, enter here, wander through the chambers and passageways of the Great Pyramid, and learn about the pharaohs for whom these monumental tombs were built. You can also follow the 1997 field season of a team of archaeologists as they excavated the bakery that fed the pyramid builders."
There are several tours in QuickTime VR of various sites including the Sphinx. It also explains how the pyramids were constructed and by whom. There is also a brief article on hieroglyphs.
There is also coverage of a 1997 excavation of the bakery that fed the pyramid builders. It took a lot of people (30K+) to build pyramids. Feeding and sheltering them must have been a colossal undertaking comparable to marching a huge army half way across the world.
- History Of Egypt
History of Egypt. This is an overview to the history of the African nation of Egypt. Mind you, Egyptian history is thousands of years old. This essay reduces it and leaves out much. It is still a good summary if you want to see the bigger picture. From...
- Ninety Second Video Of The Great Pyramids
There are several startling things about the great pyramids. First off the center one isn't the tallest, but is built on higher ground to look that way. Secondly the Sphinx is missing his nose because Napoleon's troops blew it off...
- Ancient Egypt Web Quest
Check out the material on ancient Egypt from the British Museum. It includes material on every aspect of Egyptian life. It includes pages on geography, gods and goddesses, mummification, pharaohs, pyramids and writing. Here is a web quest we developed...
- How The Egytpians Built The Pyramids
/>Open Culture posted this video clip about the work of French architect, Jean-Pierre Houdin on the Great Pyramid at Giza. Using 3-D software, Houdin argues that the Egyptians used an external ramp for the lower part of the pyramids and an internal...
- Ancient Egypt Online
I have been doing a lot of work across schools with Rebecca Small as we have similar teaching schedules this year. She just found KingTutOne which is a very comprehensive site on ancient Egypt. It has a part it calls "articles," but is essentially...
World History
Pyramids - The Inside Story
Pyramids - The Inside Story. This site was created to accompany an episode of the PBS Nova from 1997. The description from the site reads, "Have you ever dreamed of exploring the pyramids of Egypt? If so, enter here, wander through the chambers and passageways of the Great Pyramid, and learn about the pharaohs for whom these monumental tombs were built. You can also follow the 1997 field season of a team of archaeologists as they excavated the bakery that fed the pyramid builders."There are several tours in QuickTime VR of various sites including the Sphinx. It also explains how the pyramids were constructed and by whom. There is also a brief article on hieroglyphs.
There is also coverage of a 1997 excavation of the bakery that fed the pyramid builders. It took a lot of people (30K+) to build pyramids. Feeding and sheltering them must have been a colossal undertaking comparable to marching a huge army half way across the world.
- History Of Egypt
History of Egypt. This is an overview to the history of the African nation of Egypt. Mind you, Egyptian history is thousands of years old. This essay reduces it and leaves out much. It is still a good summary if you want to see the bigger picture. From...
- Ninety Second Video Of The Great Pyramids
There are several startling things about the great pyramids. First off the center one isn't the tallest, but is built on higher ground to look that way. Secondly the Sphinx is missing his nose because Napoleon's troops blew it off...
- Ancient Egypt Web Quest
Check out the material on ancient Egypt from the British Museum. It includes material on every aspect of Egyptian life. It includes pages on geography, gods and goddesses, mummification, pharaohs, pyramids and writing. Here is a web quest we developed...
- How The Egytpians Built The Pyramids
/>Open Culture posted this video clip about the work of French architect, Jean-Pierre Houdin on the Great Pyramid at Giza. Using 3-D software, Houdin argues that the Egyptians used an external ramp for the lower part of the pyramids and an internal...
- Ancient Egypt Online
I have been doing a lot of work across schools with Rebecca Small as we have similar teaching schedules this year. She just found KingTutOne which is a very comprehensive site on ancient Egypt. It has a part it calls "articles," but is essentially...