Archaeology of Egypt

Don your pith helmet and head for Egypt, where you'll find hieroglyphics describing the first ever information superfeluccway (that's a route for boots, okay ?).

Centre for Computer-aided Egytptology Research

The Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research (CCER) at Utrecht University in the Netherlands specialises in issues related to the application of computers in Egyptology. The Centre's activities concern developing general methods and programs, with respect to computer modeling and information sharing. The site includes a extended library of hieroglyphica (containing more than 4,700 signs) and downloadable hieroglyphic text processors for both PC and Macintosh.

Theban Mapping Project

The Theban Mapping Project documents the on-going dig at the Theban Necropolis. The Theban Necropolis lies south of Cairo on the West Bank of the Nile, across from the modern city of Luxor. Pobably the richest archaeological site on Earth, and one of the largest, it covers four square miles, and was the burial place of Egypt's New Kingdom pharaohs, noblemen, officials and priests.
Thousands of tombs were dug here, ranging from huge underground complexes in the Valley of Kings to less elaborate tombs in the Valley of the Queens. This well-designed site features a photo documentary of a balloon trip over the site, showing some of the most impressive monuments an structures.

Egyptology News and Gossip

Cambridge University's Egytpology Resources Home Page provides an interesting collection of all the latest information about the region and its archaeological discoveries. It's updated on a more or less weekly basis and the authors give information on the lates finds and rumors. They also include a personal report of the recent Egypt unrest.

Rigby's World of Egypt

Mark Ribly has put together a visual feast of Egyptian images, and includes something that none of the other sites has even thought of - Egypt from space. Mark also includes a well-written beginner's chronology of Egyptian events ranging from 5000 BC up to 450 AD.

The Virtual Mummy

Unwrapping a mummy by mouse click.
The computer has entered our everyday life and did not stop before the field of mummy research. Computerization not only helps scientists in examining mummies non-destructively, but it also makes it possible to create virtual mummies, a sample of which can be seen by the visitors of the exhibition "Das Geheimnis der Mumien - Ewiges Leben am Nil" and by yourself on screen (with reduced functionality). The object is a 2300-year-old mummy of a female, aged about 30 year.

Thanks to .net, the magazine, for collecting these links in its issue 41

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