Ancient History

Creation - 400 A.D.

General Ancient History

(not exclusively one country, region, or culture)

NEW LINK Eyewitness to History- Ancient page. History through the eyes of those who were there.

NEW LINK Kidipede- History for kids- not JUST ancient history. Divided geographically

Personalizing the Past- Here is a site that has cool resources for studying ancient history! It has kits of actual artifacts. Too steep for my budget but a pretty cool resource if you could afford it!

Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations

Mythology - learn about the myths of any where on the globe. Just click on the map to go to each areas myths. Choose to investigate as a beginner, intermediate or

advanced. (sorry, but this program wouldn't except the address as a

valid web address, so you'll have to copy and paste this one.)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/worldmap_new.html

Reiser's Ancient Civilizations Tour - This is a European homeschooling family's website. They decided that they would study Ancient History first hand, by going to Egypt and other lands that are prominent in Ancient History. The site was incomplete the last time I visited, but what was complete I enjoyed. Each family member gives their own viewpoint about there experiences.

Canon 3D Papercraft- print, cut, & create. projects include costumes (e.g. a Roman Soldier) and structures (e.g. a pyramid or the Trojan horse).

The 4 Old World River Valley Civilizations Map: Egypt/Nile, Mesopotamia/Tigris & Euphrates, India/Indus & Ganges, and Shang China/Yellow River.

Ancient Art: includes Egypt, Rome, Mesopotamia,
Persepolis/Ancient Iran, Greece, & South Arabia)

Ancient Dental History -

American Dental Association... short timeline

Education World... a small Unit study (grades 6-8)

ESL Teacher's Board... History of the Toothbrush

Egypt

NEW LINK Dragonfly T.V.- Here's another hands-on mummification activity. This one uses Baking Soda and a fish.

NEW LINK Cargill Salt- Make a Mummy with Salt!

Yahooligans- Ancient Egypt

Moses and Pharoah in History- A look at how it all plays out outside the bible and who may have been the Pharoah at that time. HTML version.... pdf version

NEW LINK Emints- Ethemes- Egyptian Culture: This page has links of all kinds... from mummification to Egyptian hairstyles and LOTS more.

NEW LINK Egyptian Mummification: A lesson in how it was done, what all they mummified, PLUS how to mummify your own Cornish Game Hen.

NEW LINK Color me Egypt: Tour Egypt for Kids- Activities & Games.

Here you'll find things like word searches, finger puppets, a coloring book and an area to make your own cartouche.

Greece

BBC-Schools-Ancient Greece (ages 9-12) Includes 2 timelines 800BC-100BC & 1000BC-Present

The Ancient Greek World- the virtual gallary.

Notice the links across the top: land & time,

daily life, religion and death, economy,

and extra topics.

Greek Mythology: the Labors of Hercules

in English or LATIN (might be nice to use if you