Through the Eras

Media and Online Sourcesthe most recent research on the pyramids at Giza, theSphinx, and the ancient towns near the pyramids.NOVA Online, Mysteries of the Nile (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/textindex.html)—This website exploresmajor architectural sites of the Old Kingdom and NewKingdom including Giza, Karnak, and Luxor.Theban Mapping Project (http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/)—The project’s website records major monumentsof the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, including tombsand temples. It also includes an atlas of the Valley ofthe Kings.This Old Pyramid, WGBH Boston, 1992—ArchaeologistMark Lehner builds a pyramid using ancient techniques.Virtual Kahun (http://kahun.man.ac.uk)—This site containsa virtual reconstruction of the Middle Kingdomtown of Kahun based on the collections of The ManchesterMuseum and The Petrie Museum of EgyptianArchaeology.DANCE AND MUSICWashington State University (http://salc.wsu.edu/fair_f01/FS20/mdpage.htm)—A brief but accurate description ofdance and music in ancient Egypt with photographs ofinstruments and dancers.VISUAL ARTSAshmolean Museum, A. C. Mace’s Account of the Openingof Tutankhamun’s Burial Chamber (http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/gri/4maceope.html)—A. C. Mace was presentat the opening of Tutankamun’s tomb. This site postshis diary from the period when he observed the openingof the tomb in 1922. The diary describes in detailthe artifacts and artwork found within the tomb. Tutankhamun’stomb was the major discovery in Egypt ofthe twentieth century. It remains one of two intactroyal tombs ever discovered in Egypt and the only onefrom the New Kingdom.322 Arts and Humanities Through the Eras: Ancient Egypt (2675 B.C.E.–332 B.C.E.)