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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt Digital Karnak 
 Website devoted to the ancient Egyptian temple of the god Amun in Karnak (near modern day Luxor, Egypt). Features a "timemap" showing the development of the temple complex (view by date or by pharaoh or other leader), video animations of the temple model, modern video footage of Karnak and Luxor, photos, and instructional texts on topics such as daily ritual, architectural features, and construction methods. From the University of California, Los Angeles. http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/ Topics: Archaeology, Architecture Last updated Apr 24, 2009 Fayum UCLA/RUG
Website for this project of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in cooperation with the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG, the Netherlands) in the Fayum, "the area in Egypt where the earliest evidence of agriculture has been found." Find background about the project, which studies land and water use in relation to agriculture during prehistory and the Greco-Roman period. Includes photos, maps, and reports on research seasons back to 2002. Some website sections still under development. http://www.archbase.com/fayum/ Topics: Archaeology Last updated Jun 1, 2009 The Giza Plateau Mapping Project (GPMP)
The project is dedicated to "research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, the construction and function of the Sphinx, the Great Pyramids, the associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity." Features background information on the construction of the Giza plateau computer model. From the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/giz/ Topics: Archaeology, Architecture Last updated Feb 17, 2007 POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online
Background information about the Oxyrhynchus papyri, which were excavated from the site of Oxyrhynchus, a regional capital in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. Features illustrated essays about the city and the documents found there (including letters, tax returns, and government documents). Also includes a glossary, a searchable database and updates on the imaging of the papyri located at the Oxford University libraries, and locations of the rest of the papyri. http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk Topics: Archaeology, Correspondence, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, The Olympic Games Last updated Jul 30, 2005 Theban Mapping Project (TMP)
This website gives an overview of Egyptian history and archaeology and tours of major monuments and tombs. Includes thousands of images, an interactive atlas of tomb mappings, dozens of narrated tours, a three-dimensional exploration of a tomb, and more. Searchable. http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ Topics: Archaeology, Death & Dying, History, History By Place Last updated Jul 21, 2005 Treasures of the Sunken City
"Companion Web site for the NOVA program...originally broadcast on November 18, 1997. This program chronicles the underwater discovery of the fabled Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, just offshore from the modern city of Alexandria in Egypt." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/ Topics: Archaeology, Mysteries and More Last updated Aug 12, 2002 |
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