Calendars-
Very good site that has sections on all the early civilizations
and their methods and reasons for marking time.
Rossetta
stone-From the Cleveland Museum - a page dealing with hieroglyphics,
the Rosetta Stone discovery and Jean Champollion. Translate some
ancient text and learn about the ancient language. Nice Site.
Ancient Egypt
-- The British Museum ***** Explore Egyptian Life, Geography,
Pyramids, and Time. Find out where writing was used in Ancient Egypt.
Shockwave activities are included for each area of study.
History of Egypt-Site
by Greg Reeder "dedicated to examining the art, archaeology, religion
and history of Egypt" - go and stay a while exploring the links,
read some of the myths, history of Egypt and religious beliefs,
view some ancient and not so ancient art. It's a Top 5% spot
Egyptian gods-Creation
Myths and Book of the Dead plus a Symbol List and Mythical Deities
List. All of these have images and very nice descriptions or definitions.
Great Site .
Hieroglyphics-
Fun spot--just type your name in the blank and click a button and
a few seconds later you see it in hieroglyphics. You can even print
it out if you care to.
Creative Impulse
- Prehistoric Times - Great site..Lots of information on the
way people lived during prehistoric times.
Creative
Impulses Mesopotamia - 160 sites - Many sites on literature,
art, and Hammurabi.
Creative
Impulses Egypt - 134 sites - Many sites on pyramids, people,
government, and daily life.
Creative
Impulses China - 100 sites -Emphasizing early Chinese
history, government, religion, and art.
Ancient
World – Hundreds of sites on all of the ancient civilizations.
A great source of information.***
Global
9 - Many sites on the ancient world of particular interest are
the sites on Chinese and Indian religions; on Islam; animism; and
Christianity.
History
of India - The first sections deal with the early history of
India, the Ramayana and the early religions. Great Site
to gather information.** |