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Links
Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tut.html
Project to publish online the records in the Archive of the Griffith Institute of Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Scholars, Scoundrels, and the Sphinx
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permanent/egypt/scholars.shtml
Explores the Nile River Valley between 1850 and 1930, at a time that saw the birth of Egyptology as a science and the flowering of photography.
Pharaohs Fellahs and Explorers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/edwards/pharaohs/pharaohs.html
Online version of the 1891 volume by Amelia B. Edwards.
Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DT73.K3P5_cop1
An electronic copy of excavation reports published by W.M. Flinders Petrie in 1890.
At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/egypt-guide/
Maynard Owen Williams describes the opening of the tomb of King Tutankhamen for National Geographic in this online version of the famous first article from 1923.
Ancient Egypt of Isis
Provides articles about the sites and culture of ancient Egypt.
Alexander's Tomb
http://www.alexanderstomb.com/
The story of Alexander the Great's death and the events leading to the final location of the tomb in ancient Egypt. Page includes antique maps, engravings and quotes from contemporaries of the time.