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| Collection of resources providing an insight into Egyptian history, archaeology and culture. Includes announcements of conferences, exhibitions and new books, information about various tombs and excavations, and details of related institutions, museums, societies, journals and magazines. | |
| Map of Egypt showing the main settlements, boundaries and routes. | ||
| A bibliography of resources for the study of ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Mesopotamian history. Includes a list of general reference works, mummification, religion, art, hieroglyphics, architecture, law and government and books for students and young readers. | ||
| The archive provides electronic access to texts and images of over one thousand papyri from ancient Egypt. | ||
| Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Egypt. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status. | ||
| Exhibition of Egyptian artifacts residing at the University of Memphis and a tour of over a dozen different ancient Egyptian sites along the Nile River. | ||
| Official information from the office of the President of Egypt. | ||
| The principal purpose of World Art Treasures is to promulgate the discovery and love of art. Thanks to the 100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques Edouard Berger Foundation, devoted to art, and including the civilizations of Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe, its purpose is to offer a different approach to art via the World Wide Web. | ||
| Basic reference information about Egypt, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources. | ||
| Investigation into the life of Egyptian King Harwa through the excavation and analysis of his tomb. Provides site reports from each season of study, a bibliography of related material, a timeline of Egyptian periods, maps and plans of Western Thebes, the el Asasif Necropolis, and the site of the tomb, and images of papyrus fragments, vases, pillars, and phials discovered. | ||
| Includes links to resources about the ancient world, such as art, archaeology, papyrology, epigraphy, philosophy and literature, along with faculty and prospectus information. | ||
| Index of over 40 Internet resources about language and literature in the Ancient World between 700 and 1000 AD. Includes an introduction to Ogham, Middle Egyptian and the Dead Sea Scrolls. | ||
| Resource explaining what mummies are, how they are made, and who they are. Provides an account of the afterlife, including information about gods, the spirit of the dead, the world of the afterlife, and the journey to resurrection. Also features a key to hieroglyphs, a dateline, and a glossary. | ||
| Collection of resources providing an insight into Egyptian history, archaeology and culture. Includes announcements of conferences, exhibitions and new books, information about various tombs and excavations, and details of related institutions, museums, societies, journals and magazines. | ||
| A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Egypt, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness. | ||
| Links to a range of Internet resources about Egypt. | ||
| Details of a project aiming to raise an obelisk using only materials and techniques that the ancient Egyptians might have used. Provides information about the history and physics of obelisks, and offers images of temples, tombs, and other monuments including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. | ||
| Detailed handbook describing the history of Egypt and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order. | ||
| Information about the ancient Egyptians' view of death and the afterlife. | ||
| Links to Egypt and Egyptology resources throughout the Web. Categories include: General Egypt Resources, Pyramids, Art and Music, Sites and Monuments, Hieroglyphs, Egypt Today etc. | ||
| Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in Africa. | ||
| An account of a 1996 expedition to the summit of Sara Sara in Peru in search of frozen sacrificial mummies, information about 'unquiet mummies' comprising a case study of the Siberian Ice Maiden, and analysis of the last meal eaten by an Iceman. Also explains how anthropologists are able to study bodies from prehistoric graves to identify their sex, diet, social rank, and age at time of death. | ||
| Listing of political resources relevant to Egypt, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available. | ||
| Collection of information about life in Ancient Greece, China, Rome, India, and Egypt. Includes details of housing, families, entertainment, clothing and hair styles, religion, empires, weddings, and food. | ||
| Brief details of the history and geography of Egypt, as well as business, culture, government and transport information. | ||
| A book about Oriental costumes originally published in 1922. Includes images of costumes from Afghanistan, Persia, India, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, China and Japan. | ||
| Regular FAO report, which asserts that many poor countries have seen their prospects for food security further improve because of their success in creating a policy environment conducive to sustained economic and agricultural growth. Although economic and food security problems remain serious in Africa, there are improvements in many areas, while a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen a good performance of the agricultural sector. The report includes regional overviews, detailed reviews of certain countries, and a special chapter on the agroprocessing industry. Online reports available for 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998. | ||
| Summary of the nature and structure of government of Egypt, with links to several other resources about the country. | ||
| Project investigating the funerary customs and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, covering the provision for life in the 'next world' and the significance of shabtis. | ||
| Range of information about the Arab world, including business, news, events, organisations, travel and entertainment, plus a commercial directory and a set of country specific information about various Arab countries. | ||
| Basic reference information about Egypt, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays. | ||
| Resource explaining what mummies are, how they are made, and who they are. Provides an account of the afterlife, including information about gods, the spirit of the dead, the world of the afterlife, and the journey to resurrection. Also features a key to hieroglyphs, a dateline, and a glossary. | ||
| Annotated links to material on Egyptian hieroglyphs, a picture based writing system consisting of phonograms and ideograms. Resources cover the learning and decipherment of hieroglyphs, together with translators, Hieroglyphic fonts, and software. | ||
| Range of officially approved information about Egypt. Headings include government, tourism, culture, health, environment and libraries. | ||
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