Pharaoh Phonetics
Tomb Away From Home

Take a couple of virtual tours to learn more about where hieroglyphic designs were found and what other kinds of objects were discovered in the burial chambers of the pyramids. Add words and their definitions to your vocabulary list.

Royal Ontario Museum
http://www.rom.on.ca/qtvr/vrtours.html

A virtual tour of the museum's Egyptology exhibit includes sculptures, wall reliefs, and other artifacts.

NOVA Online - Pyramids
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufuenter.html

Wonder what the inside of a pyramid is like? Take a Quicktime VR Tour of Khufu's Pyramid.

Want to know more about ancient Egypt? Just ask!

Ask an Egyptologist
http://www.rom.on.ca/egypt/case/ask.html

Think you know a few things? Take a quiz.

Ancient Egypt Quiz from the Royal Ontario Museum
http://www.rom.on.ca/quiz/egypt/

Archaeology

Archaeologists continue to search for clues about ancient Egyptian society. Discoveries happen all the time.

TIME Magazine: Valley Of The Lost Tombs
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,30220,00.html

Read about an archaeological dig and what items were discovered.

Curious about how Ancient Egyptian artifacts have been found? Want to know what it's like to be an archeologist? Check out:

Pieces of the Past - Archaeology on the Net
http://www.rom.on.ca/digs/munsell/index.html

Want to know more?

Ask the Archaeologist
http://www.vrd.org/locator/sites/archeology.html

Games

Games of Ancient Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/games.htm

Links to games you can download. PC and Mac versions available

Mancala Web v. 2.0
http://imagiware.com/mancala/

Online version of the game.

A Little Egyptian Reading Book
http://home.prcn.org/~sfryer/Egyptian/index.html

Tomb of the Pharaoh
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/pharaoh/pharaoh.html

A virtual hieroglyphic matching game. Note: the hieroglyphics do not necessarily represent the objects.

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