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Ancient Cultures & Mysteries

• Ancient Calendars - A walk through time.
• Ancient Mexico- A concise educational resource on mesoamerican art, history, and archeology.
• Ebyptvoyager.com - Virtual tours through the ancient pyramids at Giza
• Machu Picchu - The ruins of Machu Picchu are located in the Urubamba province.
• Mayan Culture- Learn about the people, places and beliefs of the Mayan people..
• Mundo Maya- Maya Online.
• Mysteries of Egypt- Canadian Museum of Civilization - Le plus grand musée du Canada et le plus populaire. French & English.
• Pyramids- Have you ever dreamed of exploring the pyramids of Egypt?
• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World- Although most people know that a list exists of the Seven World Wonders, only few can name them, Can you?

Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Egypt - British Museum's web site on ancient Egypt.
• Ancient Egypt - Ancient History/World History lesson plan (grades 6-8) DiscoverySchool.com.
• Ancient Egypt - Presented by The British Museum.
• Ancient Egypt for Children - What sort of a place is Egypt? What does it look like? Might it be easy to live there or might life be difficult?
• Ancient Egypt Site - The history, language and culture of Ancient Egypt.
• Ancient Egypt Teaching Resources - Lesson Plans and Units.
• Ancient Greeks - Crucible Civilization.
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• Civilization.ca - Mysteries of Egypt - Ancient Egypt -- a land of mysteries. No other civilization has so captured the imagination of scholars and lay people alike.
• DIA: Ancient Egypt: Education Programs - A selection of cross-curricular lesson plans created by local teachers.
• Egypt Pyramids Pharaohs Hieroglyphs - Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt.
• Egyptian Galleries @ the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
• Mummies of Ancient Egypt - Enter the age of the pharoahs and explore the world of the afterlife.
• Museum Tours - Roberts Gallery, Directory.
• Mysteries of the Nile - Mysteries of the Nile Explore Ancient Egypt (QTVR) - NOVA/PBS Online Adventure.
• Neferchichi's Tomb - Is full of treasure for kids, teachers, & amateur Egyptologists...
• Nova Online - NOVA Online/Pyramids/Explore the Pyramids.
• Nubia - Nubia is located in today's southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

Ancient Rome

• A History of the Roman Legions - Illustrated by Andrew Brozyna.
• Ancient Roman Law - Ancient History Sourcebook: The Twelve Tables, c. 450 BCE
• Ancient Rome - Learn more about the land of gladiators, chariot racing, arches, soldiers, the Colosseum, Hannibal, emperors, Caesar Learn about Rome.
• Aquae Urbis Romae - The Waters of the City of Rome is a cartographic history of 2800 years of water infrastructure and urban development in Rome.
• Caerleon's Roman Leigon - The Second Legion Augusta occupied the legionary fortress at Caerleon. It was named after the Emperor Augustus who raised it.
• Constellation List- An online planetarium showing views of the stars and constellations at different latitudes and different dates through the year.
• Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome.
• PBS: The Roman Empire in the First Century - Ancient Voices.
• Pompeii: Unraveling Ancient Mysteries - On August 23, 79 AD, Pompeii looked like any other busy, prosperous city.
• Roman Ball Games - Ball-playing was popular among the Romans, and they often spent their morning exercises playing games on the fields (palaestra) or ball-courts (sphaerista).

• Roman Makeover - Meet Heather, a 21st century geologist who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time! She's about to be transformed into a Roman fashion victim!
• Roman Numerals - Converts normal numbers to roman digits, and vice versa.
• Roman-Britain.ORG - Roman Citizen Legiones - Start with Legio XXII Primigenia Start with Legio II Adiutrix - Stationed or Otherwise Evidenced in Britain.
• Romans - KS2 history - Information and activities on the Romans and the Roman Empire.
• Sample Plan Of A Roman House - The Vroma Project.
• The History of Plumbing - Roman and English Legacy..
• Timeline of Roman Britain - 55 BC - 410 AD.

Greece

• Ancient Greek Civilisations - Crucible of Civilization..
• Ancient Greek World -Daily life, economy and religion.
• Architecture of Ancient Greece - Wikipedia.
• Citizens of Athens & Citizens of Sparta  What would it have been like if you had lived in ancient Sparta or in ancient Athens?
• Differences Between Classical and Hellenistic Greek
• Greek Mythology - This site is dedicated to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology
• Hercules- The most popular of Greek heroes, Hercules (sometimes called "Herakles") was celebrated in stories, sculptures, paintings...
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World.
• Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome - Scroll down on this page for the links to the photos.
• Perseus Digital Library - An evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language.
• The Acropolis Museum - It is one of the most important museums in the world. It temporarily houses masterpieces of the ancient Greek civilization...
• Timeline - Aegean Political History .

Human Origins

• Cradle Of Civilization - Chaldeans of Beth Nahreen (Mesopotamia) .
• Ancient skull challenges human origins - Fossil said to be more than 6 million years old.
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Why study ancient cultures?
• Fossil Hominids - The Evidence for Human Evolution.
• Outpost: Human Origins @ nationalgeographic.com.
• The Human Origins Program - Smithsonian Institution, web site of the Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution.
• The Leakey Foundation - The mission is to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins and evolution.

Israel.

• Gems in Israel - Latest feature! See Gems in Israel's - Talking Maps that let you hear the correct Hebrew pronunciation of places in Israel.
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Wikipedia.
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Israel.

Mesopotamia

• Ancient Mesopotamia - AHistory Link 101's Ancient Mesopotamia page connects you to the best of Art, Biographies, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures, and Research on Ancient Mesopotamia.
• Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia.
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia.
• Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia - The name Mesopotamia (meaning "the land between the rivers") refers to the geographic region which lies near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and not to any particular civilization.
• Mesopotamia - The British Museum.
• Mesopotamia - The land between the rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates...

Persia

• Ancient Iran - Persepolis - Persia.
• Cyrus the Great - Cyrus was the first Achaemenian Emperor of Persia, who issued a decree on his aims and policies, later hailed as his charter of the rights of nations.
• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Persi