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Siri Bezdicek
Our first site to be discussed this month is titled Egyptian
Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom . This page is very informative
and interesting. One thing I really liked is that along with the
large amount of information on the tombs, it offers nice layout
drawings of them with descriptions of the different rooms. The
drawings are large enough to really be able to see the different
rooms well. There are also links at the bottom of the page to the
other pages in this site, including an index of Egyptian history
and chronology of the New Kingdom. This site is not very flashy as
far as backgrounds and things go but the "blueprint"
drawings of the tombs make it well worth the visit.
Would you like to travel to Egypt? If so, you should visit South
Sinai Travel. This is a very attractive site offering
information on travel to Egypt. It includes some sample
itineraries and helpful information on traveling to Egypt such as
visa requirements, medical requirements and information on
Egyptian currency. South Sinai Travel also offers many pictures of
Egypt to go along with the sample itineraries. The site itself is
very well laid out and colorful, incorporating good graphics and
background images without being cluttered.
Next is a site titled Aegyptiaca.
This site is well organized and attractive. Even though it has
several pages under construction, the pages that are complete are
very good and needed to be mentioned. The site offers information
on the Rosetta Stone, creation myths, Egyptian Hymns, and an
extensive gods/goddesses list. There aren’t a large number of
pictures, but the pages are still colorful and tastefully done,
and contain good information.
The last site this month deals with a mummy that has been in
the United States since the 1920s. The site is called The
Mummy Project. This site is also very attractive and well laid
out. The scientists and researchers that worked with this
particular mummy did a lot of their research with the mummy in
non-intrusive ways, such as cat scans; and some of these images
(cat scans) are available on the site. Also available on this site
is a picture of a sculpture of the mummies head showing what the
mummy may have looked like when it was alive. The site provides
insight on how scientists gather information from mummies of
ancient times. The site itself is very organized and attractive
and definitely worth a visit.
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