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Ancient Egypt Web Site

Ancient Egypt Web Site

WikiCommons Internationalization العربية: لقديمة Deutsch: Altes Ägypten English: Ancient Egypt Español: Antiguo Egipto Français : Égypte ancienne Italiano: Civiltà egizia العربية: حضارة قدماء المصريين أو الحضارة الفرعونية هي الحضارة اللتي قامت في مصر تحت حكم الأسر الفرعونية المختلفة. Čeština:Starověký Egypt byla nejstarší známá civilizace ve Středomoří. Deutsch: Als Altes Ägypten bezeichnet man umgangssprachlich die Zeit, während der in Ägypten die Pharaonen geherrscht haben. English:Ancient Egypt was the civilization of the Nile Valley between about 3000 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. Español: El Antiguo Egipto fue una deslumbrante civilización surgida en el Valle del Nilo hacia 3000 a. Français : L'Égypte antique est une ancienne civilisation d'Afrique du Nord concentrée le long du cours inférieur du Nil, dans ce qui constitue aujourd'hui l'Égypte. 日本語:古代エジプトとは古代のエジプトの歴史的呼称。 Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.

Ancient Egypt Online Desheret guide The purpose of this project is to display and catalogue all museums world wide containing egyptological collections or objects concerning or relating to Egypt's Archaeological and Philological history. Besides the museums, private collections, public institute collections (e.g. universities... etc.) or any other category are implemented as well. © 2000-2006 Bugbog Column 1 Museum link Column 2 Pictures of the collection photography not allowed Column 3 X The number of objects this museum contains Column 4 Rollover this icon with your mousecursor to find out info about the collection Column 5 Technical fiche of the museum (address, phone, mail, opening hours, prices etc.) © Sven Moons 2012

Gallipoli in Minecraft® - What's on Come and explore the Gallipoli campaign in an exhibition featuring the interactive world of Minecraft® and incredible objects from the Museum’s collections. Minecraft® is a hugely popular online game that is all about breaking and placing blocks. Since its inception players have worked together to create all sorts of incredible and imaginative things. Over the past year, students from Alfriston College have re-created the landscape of 1915 Gallipoli in Minecraft®. Working with the Museum’s staff and utilising our First World War collections, the students have learnt about the experiences of the New Zealand soldiers in the 1915 campaign. Share your experiences with #AMminecraft. {*style:<ul>*} {*style:<li>*}As part of our centenary education programme, Auckland Museum is using the popular Minecraft® game to engage students with the events that occurred at Gallipoli in 1915.

Photos d'Egypte Ancient Greece List of museums of Egyptian antiquities The following is a list of museums with major collections of Egyptian antiquities: Museum collections of over 1000 Ancient Egyptian artifacts[edit] Other significant collections with unspecified number of artifacts[edit] References[edit] World War I through other eyes Set aside some time to explore the European Film Gateway which provides access to hundreds of thousands of historical documents preserved in European film archives ranging from photos, posters, and censorship documents to rare feature and documentary films and newsreels. The virtual exhibition European Film and the First World War is particularly recommended as representing a unique European view of history through another set of eyes. Organised under the headings: * At the front * Film and propaganda * Science and technical innovation * Suffering in and after the war * Beyond the trenches * Neutral countries * Commemorating the war This site is ideally suited to senior students who have an understanding of the complexity of World War I and are seeking to gain an understanding from the Axis point of view in addition to the British Allies. It explains the purpose of film and propaganda for instance, and provides examples: In the video, ‘For the Empire’:

Ancient Egyptian scripts (hieroglyphs, hieratic and demotic) Origins of Egyptian Hieroglyphs The ancient Egyptians believed that writing was invented by the god Thoth and called their hieroglyphic script "mdju netjer" ("words of the gods"). The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek hieros (sacred) plus glypho (inscriptions) and was first used by Clement of Alexandria. The earliest known examples of writing in Egypt have been dated to 3,400 BC. The latest dated inscription in hieroglyphs was made on the gate post of a temple at Philae in 396 AD. The hieroglyphic script was used mainly for formal inscriptions on the walls of temples and tombs. After the Emperor Theodsius I ordered the closure of all pagan temples throughout the Roman empire in the late 4th century AD, knowledge of the hieroglyphic script was lost. decipher the script. Decipherment Many people have attempted to decipher the Egyptian scripts since the 5th century AD, when Horapollo provided explanations of nearly two hundred glyphs, some of which were correct. Notable features Numerals

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