Ancient Egypt Pathfinder
Takoma Park Middle School
Ms. Phelan, Media Specialist
Key Words/Search Terms
Geography – climate, vegetation, natural resources, desert, Nile River, flood, silt,
“black land”, “red land”
Farming and Farm Technology – irrigation, plow, harvest
Writing – papyrus, hieroglyphic, scripts, scribes
Art – statue, painting, pottery, stoneware, ceramics
Architecture and Technology – pyramid, temple, Great Pyramid, Giza, lever,
obelisk, granite, quarrymen, stonemasons, sanitation, quarrying, houses, town
house
Manufacturing – chariot, garment, glass, papyrus
Medicine and Mummies – mummification, dehydrated, embalming, purification
ritual, herbs, healer, shaman-physician
Telling Time – calendar system, akhet, proyet, shomu, astronomy
Government – Pharaoh, Vizier (aka. Tjaty or Prime Minister), Royal Women,
Nomarchs
Family Life – marriage, patrilineal, midwife
Social System– Pharaoh, craftsmen, jeweler, carpenter, field hand, farmer, nobles
(nobleman), soldier, housewife
Religion – temple, priest, priestess, dedicated, god, goddess, rituals, cats,
mythology, theology
Online Databases
(Remember to copy the citation information from the bottom of the article!)
Daily Life through History by ABC-CLIO
http://dailylife.abc-clio.com/
At home username: takomapark password: mcps
Encyclopedia Britannica
http://school.eb.com
At home username: mcps
password: search
World Book
http://www.worldbookonline.com/
At home username: takoma
Websites
password: worldbook
(You must use Noodle Tools to Cite Websites!)
General Sites
Use these sites to find information on many different topics. These
websites are a great place to look after you have gone through the
databases!
Guardian’s Egypt:
Provides pictures, facts and information about Egypt, and offers
many links to Egyptology and Egypt resources.
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/
Information from the British Museum:
Egyptian Life, Geography, Gods and Goddesses, Mummies, Pharaohs,
Pyramids, Temples, Time, Trades, Writing
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Dr. Zahi Hawass:
Articles and information from one of the world’s foremost experts on
Egyptian studies.
http://www.drhawass.com/
Daily Life of an Egyptian
Comparison between a nobleman’s family and a farmer’s family
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html
Family life in Ancient Egypt
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html
Life for Pharaohs, Priests, Noblemen, Craftsmen, Soldiers, Farmers,
and Women
http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/special/lifeas/index.html
Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/hiromenu.htm
Writing, Numbers and Fractions, Eye of Horus,
http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/
Pyramids and Temples
The Pyramids & Temples of Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/pyr-temp.htm
How were the pyramids built? This website explores the tools and
technology that may have been used by Ancient Egyptians.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/