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General Sources

• KMT, A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Egypt: From the British Museum, information on gods & goddesses, daily life, pharaohs, mummification, and more.
• Egyptian Archaeology: This website is maintained by archaeologist Donald P. Ryan (who is at Pacific Lutheran University, when he’s not excavating in Egypt). His main page contains links to his other interesting subjects, such as the history of archaeology, ancient technology, and ancient languages.
• Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom: Information on the tombs, including diagrams, and a history of excavation.
• Reeder’s Egypt Page: dedicated to the art, archeology, religion and history of Egypt.
• Secrets of the Pharaohs: Companion website to PBS series.
• Theban Mapping Project: Take a virtual tour of the Valley of the Kings or the Theban Necropolis, follow the excavation of KV5 (tomb of the sons of Ramses III).

Egytology Resources in Languages Other Than English

• Amigos de la Egiptología: Información sobre el antiguo Egipto, en castellano (Spanish language Egyptology site).
• Pharaoh Sethy the First: Information on Pharoah Sethy (in French, with English translation).
• Thoth Web: Website for students of Egyptology (in French, with some portions available in English).
• L’Égypte des Pharaohs: Companion website to University of Quebec course on Ancient Egypt (in French).

Papyrology

• Demotic Texts on the WWW: A guide to Internet resources on papyrus and papyrology, from the Oriental Institute in Chicago.
• Duke University Papyrus Archives: Electronic access to text and images from over 1,300 papyri from Ancient Egypt.
• Papyrus of Ani; Egyptian Book of the Dead: translated into English by E.A. Wallis Budge, this papyrus dates to around 240 B.C.
• Papyrology Home Page: Links to institutions with Papyrology collections, papyri images, scholarly literature on papyrology, and links to other papyrology resources on the Web.

Journals & Publications

• KMT, A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt
• Oriental Institute News and Notes: Selected articles from the quarterly newsletter published by The Oriental Institute (University of Chicago).

Hieroglyphs

• The Pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian: A scholarly discussion Egyptian heiroglyphs, including their written use and a pronunciation guide.

Pyramids

• Destinations: The Pyramids of Egypt: A blurb on the pyramids (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) from CNN’s travel website. Has links to related websites and news articles.
• Giza Plateau Mapping Project: Explains work being done to create a computer model of the Giza Plateau and pyramids, based on maps, and survey reports.
• Nova Online – The Great Pyramids: A companion website to the Nova show which explored the construction of the pyramids.

Mummies

• Journey into the Mummy
• Salima Ikram: Expert on animal mummies
• Theban Royal Mummy Project: Information on New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period mummies from the Theban cache tombs. Includes a “mummy locator!”
• Who Was Who Among the Royal Mummies: Article which orignally appeared in The Oriental Institute News and Notes.
• How Mummies Work