Ancient Civilizations
Index
Topics
Anthropology and
Archaeology
Ancient History
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
Origins of Writing
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Mesoamerica
Ancient India
Ancient China
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Ancient History
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Ancient Egypt
History and Daily Life
- Ancient
Egypt - A thorough, well-designed site from the British Museum in London
with interactive exhibits about Egyptian life, geography, gods and goddesses,
mummification, pharaoh, pyramids, temples, time, trades, and writing
- Life in Ancient Egypt - A
good cultural overview from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Explore
Ancient Egypt - An excellent online exhibit from the Museum of Fine Arts in
Boston
- Mysteries of Egypt - A media-rich, informative exhibit from the Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Egypt's Golden Empire - A PBS site with a variety of interactive multimedia resources
- Splendors of Ancient Egypt - Some
useful information from the St. Petersburg Times in Florida (See "Extra Credit")
- Little Horus History - Some
historical information about Ancient Egypt from the Egyptians
- Rosetta Stone: Fact or
Fiction - An easy-to-read site from the Cleveland Museum of Art with basic info
- Ancient
Egypt Discovery Case - Activities, information, and other resources from the
Royal Ontario Museum
- Odyssey
Online: Egypt - Information about people, mythology, daily life, death and
burial, writing, and archaeology
- Egypt:
A new look @ an ancient culture - Many multimedia resources from the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Egypt - Lots of information including a timeline, images, and a translation of "The Book of the Dead"
Art & Archaeology
- Pyramids: The Inside Story - A NOVA
Online Adventure with many great resources, including QuickTime VR movies
- Odyssey in Egypt - Take a virtual field
trip on an archaeological dig in Egypt
- The Tombs of the Nobles -
Information about the ongoing excavation at the Tomb of Senneferi, including QuickTime VR
movies
- digNubia - A great site with lots of interactive components about the archaeology and
history of Ancient Nubia
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Ancient Mesopotamia
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Origins of
Writing
- The Write Stuff -
Interesting information from The Why Files about the debate over which civilization used
writing first
- Write Like an Egyptian
- A translator from the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology
- Write Like a Babylonian - A translator from the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Anthropology and
Archaeology
- Who
Wrote First? - A persuasive writing activity related to the origins of
writing
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Ancient Greece
General History
- Perseus
Project - A huge database of information about Ancient Greece,
including many images of art and architecture
- Ancient
City of Athens - A photographic archive of archaeological and
architectural
remains
- Daily
Life in Ancient Greece - Mr. Donn's description of family life, school, the
Olympics, and more
- Odyssey
Online: Greece - Information about people, mythology, daily life, death and
burial, writing, and archaeology
- The
Ancient Greek World - Info and art related to land and time, daily life,
economy, and religion and death from UPenn
- The
Greeks: Crucible of Civilization - An introduction to the Ancient Greeks
from PBS with key events, major historical figures, and other useful information
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Greece - An index of resources including primary source images and texts
Greek Mythology & Theater
Ancient Greek
Olympics
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Ancient Rome
- The
Romans - An informational site from BBC that addresses government,
leisure, religion and other aspects of ancient history
- Odyssey
Online: Rome - Information about people, mythology, daily life, death and
burial, writing, and archeology
- Daily
Life in Ancient Rome - Mr. Donn's description of home life, entertainment, great
builders, and more
- Roman
Imperial Forums - An amazing site with virtual images and animations
illustrating Ancient Rome as it might have looked
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Rome - An index of resources including primary source images and texts
- The Roman Empire in the First Century - A PBS site with a variety of interactive multimedia resources
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Ancient
Mesoamerica
- MESOWEB-
A variety of resources related to Mesoamerican culture, including articles,
images, video, and links
- Journey
Through Tikal - A virtual tour of one of the most famous Mayan
archaeological sites that allows viewers to see the jungle panorama from the top
of the some of the tallest Mayan temples (using QuickTime VR)
- Mesoamerican
Gallery - A useful overview of ancient Mayan culture from the UPenn Museum
of Archeology and Anthropology
- Mystery
of the Maya - A thorough multimedia exhibit from the Canadian Museum of
Civilization
- The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame - A media-rich resource full of information about history's first team sport and the culture and environment in which it originated
- Why Do Civilizations Fall?: The Maya - Theories and evidence to explain the fall of the Maya
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Ancient India
- Ancient India - A media-rich British Museum site with information about the Buddha, geography, early Hinduism, the Indus Valley, time, and writing
- Daily Life in Ancient India - Mr. Donn's description of daily life in the Indus Valley, the Aryan Civilization, and the Age of Empires
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures: India - An index of resources including primary source images and texts
- The Ancient Indus Valley - A collection of artifacts, explanatory texts, and virtual tours of archaeological sites
- The Art of Buddhism - A brief history of the Buddha as represented in art from the Smithsonian's Sackler and Freer Galleries
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Ancient China
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compiled by Marielle Palombo
Last Updated:
July 21, 2009