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Eternal Egypt - http://www.eternalegypt.org/
Egypt's government and major museums collaborate with IBM to present high-resolution views of artifacts, interactive maps and timelines, and a collection of articles. |
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The Theban Mapping Project - http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
A comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes. Visit each tomb in the Valley of the Kings through the interactive atlas with plans, descriptions, images and movies. Articles on the history of Thebes, tomb development and decoration. Staff, progress reports and publications. |
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Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment - http://www.colorado.edu/PublicRelations/NewsReleases/1998/Oldest_Astronomical_Megalith_A.html
The University of Colorado declares an assembly of huge stone slabs at Nabta, 6,500 to 6,000 years old, to be the oldest known astronomical alignment of megaliths in the world. |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project - http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/
Excavated in Egypt in the early 1900s, these papyri have restored to us lost Greek texts. Oxford University provides an online exhibition, conference proceedings, photographs and published volumes. |
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Excavations at Amheida - http://www.amheida.org/
The Columbia University digging of a settlement in the Dakhleh Oasis from the 3rd millennium BCE Old Kingdom to the 6th century CE early Christian period. Student information, maps, reports and bibliography. |
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The Giza Plateau Mapping Project - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GIZ/Giza.html
Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity. |
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Amarna Project - http://www.amarnaproject.com/
Provides an overview, a guidebook, a model of the city, current research, and preservation of ancient Akhetaten. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and color photos. |
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Giza Archives Project - http://www.gizapyramids.org/
Provides integrated, online access to the excavations of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University. Includes panoramic views, archives, and a database. |
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The Epigraphic Survey - http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/epi/
Oriental Institute at University of Chicago survey of Luxor directed by W. Raymond Johnson. |
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Giza Pyramids: Follow the Excavation - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/
Information about the 1997 excavation work at the Giza pyramids by Mark Lehner, from Nova Online. |
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The Berenike Project - http://www.archbase.com/berenike/english1.html
History and reports on the excavations at the site and the survey of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, from 1994 to the present. |
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The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition - http://web.arizona.edu/~egypt/
Research in the Valley of the Kings. |
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Waseda University Egyptian Expedition - http://www.waseda.jp/prj-egypt/index-E.html
Detailed reports on excavations at Dashur North, Malqata, tomb of Amenophis III, the Theban Necropolis, Abusir South, the Khufu Boat and al-Fustat. The pyramids survey at Giza. |
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Saqqara Online - http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/
Official website of the Leiden Excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara in Egypt, a joint project of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, the Netherlands, and Leiden University. Includes history, a timeline, photos, and a map. |
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Egyptian Mirage - http://www.ashmolean.museum/gri/4mirage.html
A database of 19th-century "studio photographs" of Egypt in the collection of the Griffith Institute, Oxford. |
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Bir Umm Fawakhir - http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9703/Meyer-9703.html
Insights into ancient gold mining community in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. |
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The Antiquity of Man - http://www.antiquityofman.com/
A comprehensive academic website covering the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods of Egypt, hominid evolution, and exposing the vacuum of pseudoscience. Includes: summaries of current academic thinking, research projects and debates. |
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ArchBase - http://www.archbase.org/
A site for archaeological databases. |
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Egypt Exploration Society Fieldwork - http://www.ees.ac.uk/fieldwork/fieldintro.htm
Reports on Memphis, El-Amarna, Qasr Ibrim, Sais and the Delta Survey. |
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Valley of the Kings Foundation - http://www.valleyofthekings.org/
Offers news about the Amarna Royal Tombs Project and an overview of the Foundation's work. |
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Topographical and Petrological Survey of Ancient Egyptian Quarries - http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Harrell/Egypt/Quarries/Quarries_Menu.html
Features a methodology paper by James A. Harrell and V. Max Brown, University of Toledo. Includes photos and maps. |
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KV-10 - Amenmesse Project - http://www.kv-10.com/
Report on excavations in KV-10, the tomb of Amenmesse, with background and history, season summaries, a diagram of the tomb, and color photos. |
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Egyptian Stonehenge - http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/locations/egypt_stone.htm
From NASA, the site, known as Nabta, is between 6,000 and 6,500 years old, or about 1,000 years older than Stonehenge. |
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Survey and Excavation Projects in Egypt - http://www.deltasinai.com/
Provides news, updates, dig information, and satellite imaging of projects of the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto. |
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North Kharga Oasis Survey - http://www.rakm.co.uk/kharga/home.html
Maps, color photos, descriptions of the archaeological sites, and annual fieldwork reports of the North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS), a project of the American University in Cairo and Cambridge University. |
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Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times - http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/Karanis83/KaranisExcavation/KaranisExcavation.html
Discoveries of the excavation by the University of Michigan (1924-1935) of this village that existed from the mid-3rd century BCE to the end of the 5th century CE. |
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The Ramesseum - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gerard_Flament/
Provides its history, a description of the temple, including a floorplan, its function, and later exploration. [French and English] |
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The Luxor-Farshut Desert Road Project - http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/des/
(Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago) Survey of a desert site which has revealed various ancient graffiti. |
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The Bir Umm Fawakhir Project - http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/faw/
Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago survey of a 5th-7th century site in Egypt. |
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Tomb of Ramesses II and Remains of his Funerary Treasure - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gerard_Flament/ramstomb.htm
Its director Christian Leblanc describes the Franco-Egyptian mission started in 1991 to clear the tomb of Ramses the Great. Includes a plan and photographs. |
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Raising Alexandria - http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2007/april/alexandria.php
In the waters off-shore, archaeologists are discovering fabled remains, from the site of Cleopatra's palace to the Pharos, the lighthouse that was one of the Seven Wonders of the World; from Smithsonian Magazine (April 2007). |
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Secrets of the Lost Tomb - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101950529-134211,00.html
Discovery of a large tomb complex by Kent Weeks. |
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BBC News Online: Library of Alexandria Discovered - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3707641.stm
Dr David Whitehouse reports that archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the fabled Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning. |
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Tombs of the Unknown Workers - http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/11/egypt.pyramids/index.html
Discovery of the tombs of the pyramid builders. |
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The Tomb of Senneferi - http://www.newton.ac.uk/egypt/tt99/
Nigel Strudwick of Cambridge University describes his excavation at Theban Tomb 99, Luxor. Location, Senneferi and his family, history, architecture, wall paintings, dig diaries, publications. Includes plans, photographs and Quicktime VR movies. |
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The Eastern Desert Ware Pages - http://www.barnard.nl/EDWdata/index.html
Eastern Desert Ware (EDW) refers to a rather recently identified corpus of relatively small, hand-made vessels with a remarkable surface treatment, mostly dating from the 4th-6th centuries AD and found in the Eastern Desert, between the Nile and the Red Sea. |
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Cleopatra's Palace Found - http://www.archaeology.org/9703/newsbriefs/alexandria.html
Obscured by murky water for more than 1,500 years, remains of the ancient capital of the Ptolemies have been found in Egypt's Port of Alexandria, reports Archaeology. |
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The Discovery of the Tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza - http://guardians.net/hawass/buildtomb.htm
An illustrated article by Dr. Zahi Hawass on the tombs of artisans and administrators who worked on the Giza pyramid complexes. |
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A Philosophy of Colours - http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/662/heritage.htm
From Al-Ahram Weekly, Alexandria's state-of-the-art and long-awaited National Museum is open. |
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In Egyptian Desert, Cells of Earliest Monks - http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/27/news/journal.php
The International Herald Tribune reports on the discovery of 4th-century monastic cells at St. Anthony's Monastery. |
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Unique Egyptian Temple Complex - http://cat.he.net/~archaeol/0003/newsbriefs/egypt.html
Five temples uncovered in the eastern Nile Delta. |
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Antiquities for Sale - http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/664/he3.htm
From Al-Ahram Weekly, Christie's and Sotheby's are just two of the most famous halls where antiquities are auctioned off every day. |
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Crock of Byzantine Gold Found at Abu Sir - http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030307/2003030724.html
Arabic News reports that an Hungarian archaeological team in Abu Sir, west Alexandria, unearthed five gold coins and a gold bracelet dating back to the Byzantine age, 4th century CE. |
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Egyptians Arrested in Mummy Plot - http://www.cjonline.com/stories/110103/pag_egyptians.shtml
From the Capital-Journal, a senior Egyptian official and six other government employees have been arrested for trying to sell a mummy to an undercover officer, police said Friday |
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Gateway to Ancient Egypt - http://gtae.users.btopenworld.com/
Ancient Egyptian history, including the various dynasties and their pharaohs, religious and funerary beliefs, gods, pyramids, temples, tombs and photos. |