Discover Ancient Egypt

Introduction:

Welcome to the World of the Pharaohs. Here, you will discover their language, beliefs, tradition and much more. Click on one of the following topic to read and see about them. You will be amazed by the beauty of the Mask of King Tutankhamon.

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Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chronology of Egypt's History
  1. Time table
• Kings and Queens (Pharaohs)
  1. Nefertiti
  2. Cleopatra the Last Pharaoh
  3. Tutankhamon
     • The Treasure of tutankhamon (Coming Soon)
  4. Ramses II
  5. Smenkhkare Ankhkheperure
• Religion and Beliefs
  1. Mythology of the Egyptians
  2. Life after death? (Coming Soon)
  3. Tradition
     • The Process of Mummification
     • Building Tombs
     • Death of the pharao
     • Dancing (Coming Soon)
     • Games (Coming Soon)
• Language and Writing
  1. Scribes (Coming Soon)
  2. Hieroglyphs (By Serge Rosmorduc,(rosmord@iut.univ-paris8.fr)
     • A short intoduction to hieroglyphs
     • The Writing System
       • The Three Kinds of Signs
       • The Phonetic Signs
       • The determinatives
       • Sign grouping
       • Direction of Writing
     • The deciphering of hieroglyphs
  3. Papyrus
• The Pyramids:
  1. Northern Pyramid of Snefru
  2. The Giza Complex
  3. Life After the Pyramids
  4. How they were built?
• The Importance of Agriculture (Coming Soon)
  1. The Importance of the Nile
     • Ships and Sails
     • Description of the Nile
• The Decline of Egypt
  1. The Decline and Fall of Ancient Egypt
  2. Ancient Persia's Conquest of Egypt
  3. Egypt's Internal Breakdown
  4. Alexander the Great on the Fall of Egypt
• Conclusion

Conclusion:

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Last revised: 29 January 1997