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  1. Ancient Economic History- History of ancient economics.
  2. Ancient Egypt Discovery Case- This Guide is intended to provide parents, elementary and secondary school teachers, and their students with some of the tools they will need to explore the World of the Pyramids. There are helpful suggestions about books, videos and websites to consult. Some highlights include an Interactive Timeline of Ancient Egypt from Predynastic to Roman times, the make a mummy activity and a hieroglyphics translator.
  3. Ancient Egypt Kid Connection- Come discover the many fascinating Egypt kids features throughout the Internet. From pyramids to mummies, hieroglyphs to pharaohs, Egypt has always fascinated kids. Here are fun and interesting Egypt links especially for kids!
  4. Ancient World Web: Main Index Ancient/Classical History- Internet resources on ancient civilizations for school aged people.
  5. Die Like an Egyptian A Multiple Intelligences Exploration of Egypt- Students complete projects about ancient Egypt that correlate with Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.
  6. Greek Mythology- an introduction to Ancient Greek Mythology. It combines information from a number of sources and attempts to be a comprehensive reference work.
  7. Guardian's Egypt- Your One-Stop Gateway to Ancient Egypt resources on the Internet throughout the world.
  8. Illustrated History of the Roman Empire- History of the Roman Empire, featuring large chapters, chronologies, biographies, illustrations, interactive maps and much more.
  9. The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu- Starting point for the Virtual Inca Trail, a short illustrated guide to the Inca Trail. The Inca Trail is a hiking route through the mountains near Cuzco, Peru, which ends at the Inca city of Machu Picchu.
  10. Interactive Ancient Mediterranean- An on-line atlas of the ancient Mediterranean world designed to serve the needs and interests of students and teachers in high school, community college and university courses in classics, ancient history, geography, archaeology and related fields. Site includes downloadable maps in PDF for Adobe acrobat, detailed articles about ancient places, and a variety of helpful resources for students and teachers.
  11. Learning Family tours Ancient Civilizations- The Learning Family Reiser's embark on an eight week field trip to learn about ancient civilizations first-hand. Visit their virtual tour of Egypt, Greece and Rome with hundreds of pictures, relevant links and resources, and commentary from the family as they tour. Written by parents and kids (ages 7 & 9), it is appropriate for all ages.
  12. Mysteries of Ancient East Mysteries of Çatalhöyük- Mysteries of Çatalhöyük explores the multitude of questions surrounding the findings at this archaeological dig in Turkey.
  13. Mystery of the Maya- packed full of interesting information about the Maya:Mayan calenders, astronomy, how the Maya people grew crops, the sacrifices they performed, and the different gods they believed in. This site requires a password to enter, but the membership registration is free. A school can register as a whole and use one password for the school.
  14. Myths and Legends- Aside from the General, Gothic Horror, Early Fantasy, and Medieval sections, these links are organized by region and language group.
  15. Rabbit In The Moon: Mayan Glyphs And Architecture- Mayan hieroglyphic writing, how to write your name in Mayan, virtual reality Mayan buildings, Maya calendar, Mayan glyph images, Maya culture, games, Mayan T-shirts, Translate Mayan inscritption, Yucatec sound files.
  16. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  17. EgyptWorld- EgyptWorld is an comprehensive educational tool that teaches about the Pyramids and Ancient Egypt.

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