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Resources

The below is a list of recommended history websites for further research:

History General

  • The Ancient History Encyclopedia – The web’s source of information for Ancient History: definitions, articles, timelines, maps, books, and illustrations.
  • History Channel – From Henry VIII to Winston Churchill, find out about Britain’s history with BBC programmes, timelines and games.
  • The BBC – History
  • National Geographic – Ancient History – Take a journey back into ancient history with National Geographic.
  • Livius – The Livius.org website offers information on ancient history. with over 4,000 pages and more then 9,600 original illustrations.
  • The World History Chart – World History Online navigates through 3,000 years of world history, world timelines of civilizations, people and world events.
  • History Net – HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in their various magazines

Ancient Egypt

  • Digital Giza – The Giza Project began in 2000 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with the goal of digitizing all of the archaeological documentation from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In addition, the Project has utilized this vast quantity of information to begin building a 3D virtual reconstruction of the Giza Plateau as it may have looked when first built.
  • Hieroglyphs step by step – Great resource for learning Hieroglyphs.
  • The Royal Titulary of Ancient Egypt – Detailed hieroglyphics for every pharaoh’s name, an excellent website.