Online Resources
Links to the Best Egyptological Research on the Web
Introduction and Update
The Links Page is divided into four sections, click the link to jump to the section:
Egyptology Resources contains links to high quality academic style resources on all aspects of Egyptology.
Egypt and the Bible contains links to high quality resources discussing aspects of Egypt and Biblical Scholarship.
Alternative Egypt contains links to sites that discuss alternative theories and interpretations (from both sides) of such topics as Origins of Civilisation, Aliens, Ancient Technology, Egyptian Chronology, Pyramids, The Sphinx, Secret Societies, Conspiracy Theories, Modern Egyptian Religion, Egyptian Magic, Egyptian Energy Healing and The Hermetic Tradition.
Egyptian Fantasy contains links to resources that relate to works of entertainment inspired by Egypt, from fiction, films, games and art.
Index to Egyptology Resources
The Egyptology links are grouped under Time Period, Location, Topics, Digital Resources and Organisations. Browse the list below to find the topic of most interest to you or scroll through all the links below.
Time Period
Predynastic
Old Kingdom and FIP
Middle Kingdom and SIP
Amarna Period
New Kingdom
TIP, Greco/Roman, Late Period Plus
Location
Delta Region
Memphis Region
Middle Egypt
Theban Region
Southern Egypt
Western Desert and Oases
Eastern Desert and Red Sea Coast
Sinai
Sudan
Topics
Art and Architecture
History of Egyptology
King Lists
Religion and Funerary Beliefs
Science
Texts and Language
Travel
Digital Resources
Online Courses
Podcasts
Apps
Epigraphy
Hieroglyph Tools
Crowdsourcing
Museum search
Thesauri
Online Collections and Libraries
Open access publications
Online journal archives
Online magazines and newsletters
Online Scholarship
Digital Books
Organisations
Institute Websites
Association Websites
Society Websites
Museum Websites
Egyptologist Blogs
Online Egyptological resources
In this section you will find a plethora of Egyptology resources available online. Many of these links I obtained from Nikki van de Beek's excellent blog.
The Egyptology links are grouped under Time Period, Location, Topics, Digital Resources and Organisations. Browse the list below to find the topic of most interest to you or scroll through all the links below.
Time Period
Predynastic
Abydos Survey for Paleolithic Sites
Early Egyptian Inscribed Labels
Old Kingdom and FIP
Digital Giza: The Giza Project at Harvard University
Egyptology Resources by Nigel StrudwickGiza Archives
Giza Plateau Mapping Projecthttp://www.egyptologyforum.org/EMINA/
Old Kingdom Elite Tomb Iconography Bibliography
Oxford Expedition to Egypt: Scene-details Database
Middle Kingdom and SIP
Beni Hassan | Visual dictionary for Middle Kingdom elite tombs.
Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdomhttp://www.osirisnet.net/
Tell el-Dab’a (Austrian Excavation, M Bietak)
Tell el-Dab'a (Ancient Avaris)
Amarna Period: late 18th Dynasty
Amarna Project – Downloadable Resourceshttp://dlib.nyu.edu/ancientworld/search/?q=egyptology&page=1
Aton-num | Puzzle together some Amarna talatat.
New Kingdom: 18-20th Dynasty
Butehamun: Scribe of Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Medina Database (Leiden University)
Deir el Medine Online (Munich)
Deir el-Bahari (Cliff Mission)
Deir el-Bahari (Temple of Hatshepsut)
IFAO Tombs of Deir el-Medina (photography)
Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project
Luxor Archaeological Heritage Foundation (TT 45)http://www.komahmer.com/
French Archaeological Mission of Thebes-Ouest Ramesses III (KV 11)
Nefertari: Journey to Eternity
Osirisnet – Tombs of Ancient Egypt
South Asasif Conservation Project
Theban Necropolis Database (Waseda University)
Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey
Tomb of Horemheb and Maya
TT 16 (Panehsy and Tarenu)http://www.harwa.it/index.php?site_lang=en
TT 33 (Padiamenope)http://www.harwa.it/index.php?site_lang=en
TT 184 (Nefermenu)
Valley of the Kings (Basel)http://proyectodosceronueve.weebly.com/
Valley of the Kings (Pacific Lutheran University)
TIP, Greco/Roman and Late Period plus
Database of Medieval Nubian Texts
Demotic Palaeographical Database Project
Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt
Nubian Burial: Re-excavating SJE 350/II
El-Hibeh – 22nd Dynasty
Djedmontefanch | Zoom in to view this splendid 21st dynasty coffin in great
detail.
Ramses Online: an annotated corpus of Late Egyptian
Location
Delta region
Memphite region
Visibility and Ritual Landscape at Saqqara -
Saqqara (Dutch)http://saqqara.fa-arch.cu.edu.eg/
Saqqara Tomb Project (Liverpool)
Middle Egypt
North Abydos Votive Zone Project
Theban region
Epigraphic Survey (Oriental Institute)
Italian Archaeological Mission in Luxor
Southern Egypt
Aswan – Kom Ombo Archaeological Project
Gebelein Archaeological Projecthttp://www.dainst.org/en/project/elephantine
Oxyrhynchus – The city of Osiris
Qubbet el-Hawa (EES)http://www.excavacionegipto.com/
Qubbet el-Hawa (University of Jaén)
Tell Edfu Project
Western Desert & Oases
Eastern Desert & Red Sea Coast
AMeRS: Red Sea-Sinai Association
Sinai
Sudan
El-Kurru (Kush)http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org/
Naga Projecthttp://www.excavacionegipto.com/
Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project
Topics
Art and Architecture
AEGARON: Ancient Egyptian Architecture Online
Egyptian Sculpture Digitization Project
History of Egyptology
Artefacts of Excavation: British Excavations in Egypt 1880-1980
NINO collection of glass slides
King Lists
IFAO Anthroponyms and Genealogy of Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh.se – Names of the Pharaohs
Turin Papyrus Online Platform (TPOP)
Religion and Funerary Beliefs
DemonBase: Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project
e-Coffins: Egyptian coffins, mummies and masks in Switzerland
EMINA: Egyptian Mummies In North America
Science
Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank
Ancient Egyptian Cobra Project
Texts and Language
Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project
Travel
Digital Resources
Online courses
Ancient Egypt: a history in six objects (University of Manchester)
Blue Symposium and Yellow Symposium (University of Manchester)
Ancient Egypt (Khan Academy)
Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its Civilization (University of Pennsylvania)
Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archeology (Harvard University)
Superpowers of the Ancient World: the Near East (University of Liverpool)
Wonders of Ancient Egypt (University of Pennsylvania)
Podcasts
Apps
AED | Ancient Egyptian Dictionary.
Petrie Museum for Android / iOS | Visitor guide that detects where you are
in the museum.
Epigraphy
Digital Epigraphy | Download the ebook by Krisztián Closeup and the
Epigraphic Survey.
Digital Epigraphy | Website by the Oriental Insitute with reviews, manuals
and tutorials.
Hieroglyph tools
Jsesh | Open source hieroglyphic editor.
SignWriter | Includes selected texts, hieroglyphic editor, dictionary and sign
list.
Thesaurus Egyptian | Online version of the dictionary der
Egyptian language .
Hieroglyphs.net | English-Egyptian dictionary.
Hiero | Egyptian-French dictionary.
Demotic Dictionary | By the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
GlyphBasic | Hieroglyphic font.
Ramses Online: an annotated corpus of Late Egyptian
Trlit_CG Times | Transliteration font.
Voices of Ancient Egypt | Learn hieroglyphs with Egyptologist Melinda
Nelson-Hurst. – Youtube Video
Crowdsourcing
MicroPasts | Contribute to archaeological research by digitizing data.
Museum search
CLEO | Search multiple museum collections with one tool.
Egyptological museum search | Search several museums by inventory
number.
Thesauri
Thot – Thesauri & Ontology | Documenting and encoding ancient Egyptian
resources.
Online Collections and Libraries
Ancient World Digital Library – Egyptologyhttp://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/
Digital Egypt for Universities
Egypt Centre Online Collection
eEgyptology - index of Egyptology books
Egyptology Books and Articles in PDF online
ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives
Griffith Institute – Online Resources
IFAO Bruyère Archiveshttp://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/
OEB: Online Egyptological Bibliography
National Museum of Antiquities – Digital Archive
Open access publications
Czech Institute – Electronic Publications
EEF – Egyptological Book Series Online
Getty Publications Virtual Library
MAFTO Publicationshttp://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/
Mediterranean Museum - Research
Meretseger Books – Digitized Treasures
Oriental Institute Publications
University of Pennsylvania – Online Books Page
Waseda University – Egyptology Publications
Digital publications
Digital Topographical Bibliography
Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UCLA)
IBAES: Internet articles on Egyptology and Sudan archeology
Online journal archives
Aegyptiaca: Journal of the History of Reception of Ancient Egypt
BIFAO: Bulletin of the French Institute of Oriental Archeology
BMSAES: British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan
Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists
CIPEG journal: Ancient Egyptian & Sudanese Collections and Museums
Der Antike Sudanhttp://www.segweb.ch/buart.htm
Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studieshttp://www.segweb.ch/buart.htm
EJARS: Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies
ENiM: Nilotic and Mediterranean Egypt
Heidelberg: Historical Egyptological Journalshttp://www.iksio.pan.pl/index.php/en/publishing-activity/journals/etudes-et-travaux
JAEI: Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnectionshttp://egyptology-bg.org/journal/
JAEA: Journal of Ancient Egyptian Architecture
MDAIK: Communications from the German Archaeological Institute in Cairohttp://www.ifao.egnet.net/bifao/
MDOG: Communications from the German Orient Society
NeHet: Digital Journal of Egyptologyhttp://www.ifao.egnet.net/bifao/
PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology
Prague Egyptological Studieshttp://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=journal&journal_code=RE
Magazine of the Egyptian Museum
SAAC: Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
ZDMG: Journal of the German Oriental Society
Online magazines and newsletters
Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Newsletter of the Egyptian Ministry of Anquities
Nile Magazine – Free Samples
Oriental Institute – News & Notes
Online scholarship
Digitized books
Google Bookshttp://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/de/sammlungen/aegyptologie.html
Organisations
EEF: Egyptologists’ Electronic Forum – general resource for Egyptologists,
news, latest publications and jobs.
Institutes Websites
Australian Centre for Egyptology
ARCE: American Research Center in Egypt
Bulgarian Institute of Egyptology
Chicago Oriental Institutehttp://www.arce.org/
Czech Institute of Egyptologyhttp://www.arce.org/
CFEETK: Franco-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak
DAIK: German Archaeological Institute, Cairo
IEAA: Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeologyhttp://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/
IEAE: Institute of Ancient Egyptian Studies
IFAO: French Institute of Oriental Archeology
IKSiOPAN: Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish
IVDE: Valencian Institute of Egyptologyhttp://www.ifao.egnet.net/
NINO: Netherlands Institute for the Near East
NVIC: Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
Swiss Institute for Egyptian Building Research and Archeology
in Kairohttp://oi.uchicago.edu/
Waseda Institute of Egyptologyhttp://oi.uchicago.edu/
Associations Websites
ASE: Association for Students of Egyptology
ASTENE: Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East
IAE: International Association of Egyptologists
Societies Websites
EES: Egypt Exploration Society
SSEA: Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (Canada)
Sudan Archaeological Research Society
TESSA: The Egyptian Society of South Africa
West Midlands Egyptology Society
Museums
Egypt at the Manchester Museum
National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden
Egyptologists Blogs
Ancient (t)aleshttp://ancientegyptiancobras.blogspot.com.au/
At the Mummies Ballhttp://ancientegyptiancobras.blogspot.com.au/
Chris Nauntonhttp://www.amduatwiki.net/wordpress/
Everyday Orientalismhttp://collectingegypt.blogspot.it/
Faces & Voiceshttp://djedmedu.wordpress.com/
It’s More Fun to Be Jack of All Tradeshttp://kbsaae.wordpress.com/
Maria Rosa Valdesogohttp://nefertotsie.blogspot.co.uk/
Melanie in Misrhttp://derstandard.at/r2000028376923/Michaela-Binders-Archaeologieblog
Mummy Storieshttp://hairanddeathinancientegypt.com/
Papyrus Storieshttp://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/category/petrie/
Egypt and the Bible
Online Scholarship
Academia - includes many articles on Egypt and the Bible.
Biblical Archaeology Library - run by the Biblical Archaeology Society. Some material is available for free but to access the full library you do need to subscribe.
Bible Odyssey- Egypt - includes many articles on Egypt run by the society of biblical literature.
Researchgate - includes many articles on Egypt and the Bible.
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Biblical Text Sites
Biblehub/library - site includes extensive library of biblical texts from Early Church Fathers through to modern.
Sacred Texts - this site provides access to
Articles
Answers in Genesis- Egyptian Chronology and the Bible
The Torah - Joseph and the Famine...origins in Egyptian History
Articles by Charles F Aling - collection of articles on Abraham, Joseph etc in Egypt. Need a subscription to the site to read them.
Resources
Bible History - resources for teachers and students, contains section on Egypt.
Biblehub/timeline comprehensive timeline of all events in the bible.
Alternative Egypt
Ancient Origins - Online magazine exploring the origins of civilisation.
Independent Researchers
Robert Bauval - proposes that the Pyramids at Giza are laid out in the pattern of the belt of Orion and were therefore built much earlier than currently accepted
Graham Hancock - independent researcher of several alternative history books.
Ian Onvlee - proposes a revision of the Egyptian Chronology based on Radio Carbon dating.
David Rohl - Author of a Test of Time, an alternative chronology for Egypt
Robert Schoch- proposes that the sphinx is weathered by heavy and sustained rainfall and is therefore much older than currently accepted by Egyptologists.
Siefert & Lemke - propose a recognisable pattern for identifying cosmic impact events in climate anomalies. Their 8 part study of the effect of cosmic impact events on human civilisation since 8000 BC is interesting reading, especially the paper on the 4.2 Kilo year event, the destruction of Akkad and the dating of the Biblical Flood.
Jack Stornoway Broken Timelines series proposes a radically different chronology for Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Robert K G Temple - author of the Sirius Mystery and the Sphinx Mystery
Fantasy Egypt
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