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Egyptology Resources
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/
Internet resources, including mailing lists, news and gossip, contact information for institutes and individuals, journals and links from Nigel Strudwick.
Egyptology in Poland
A portal for Polish Egyptology, includes a history, suggested readings, museums, links, and gallery.
Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom
http://www.friesian.com/tombs.htm
Maps, diagrams, and detailed information about the Egyptian Royal Tombs from Kelley L. Ross.
Egypt's Treasures in Danger
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/693465.stm
Egypt calls for urgent action to save the monuments of the Nile Delta.
Early Dynastic Egypt
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/
Francesco Raffaele presents an illustrated history of the second and third dynasties, king by king, with references. Also corpora of First Dynasty labels and Early Dynastic inscriptions, and articles.
Dig Days: Hidden Treasures on View
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/621/he2.htm
From Al-Ahram Weekly, can you imagine that an Ancient Egyptian physician once fitted a patient with a prosthetic toe?
Date Converter for Ancient Egypt
http://aegyptologie.online-resourcen.de/
A scientific tool for converting calendar dates mentioned in Greek and Demotic Papyri from Egypt into Julian dates.
BBC: Pharaonic Tomb Find Stuns Egypt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4700032.stm
An ancient tomb is discovered in the Valley of the Kings, the first since Tutankhamun's was found in 1922.
Aspects of Life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/
Descriptions of daily life, material culture, social and political institutions, economy and geography of pharaonic Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Gardens
http://www.egyptstudy.org/ostracon/archives/JBigelow_Feb2000.pdf
Ostracon 11(1). Ancient Egyptian gardens and their requirements are a complex subject.
Akhet - Egyptian Religion and Temple Life
http://www.philae.nu/akhet/index.html
Features detailed information on the history of religion, creation myths, gods and goddesses, temples, the king and the priesthood, festivals, and other aspects Ancient Egyptian religion; also includes articles about queens and ordinary women and their daily lives.