Ancient Egypt
Where can I find information about Ancient Egypt?
(Years 5-8)
Image: Ancient Egypt Limestone Bas-Relief by Gary Todd on Wikimedia Commons.
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Entry last updated: 20/05/24
Introduction
The ancient Egyptian civilization began around 5000 years ago. It was located in northeast Africa along the River Nile. During this time the ancient Egyptians built pyramids, developed a form of writing called hieroglyphics, made papyrus (paper) and created many paintings, drawings and sculptures. They were also famous for preserving their dead as mummies.
General websites
Here are some websites to help you find out about the history, culture and life in ancient Egypt.
Britannica School is one of the EPIC databases and it has been chosen especially for New Zealand school students to help answer questions like this. It has lots of articles, pictures and videos.
Select the Primary level.
Enter 'ancient Egypt' into the search bar.
You can select from Articles, Images or Videos.
For example, select the article Ancient Egypt.
For more detail choose reading level 2 at the top of the page.
Tips: To get to the EPIC resources you will need a password from your school librarian first. Or you can chat with one of our AnyQuestions librarians between 1 and 6pm Monday to Friday and they will help you online. Some EPIC databases may also be available through your public library.
This is another EPIC resource with lots of easy to find information.
Enter the keywords 'ancient Egypt' into the search bar.
This will bring up the page Ancient Egypt.
Select Keep Reading then choose Level 2 from the top of the page for more details.
Or, explore Quick Facts, Book Articles or read one of the Books online.
Look for Related Topics at the end of the page to find a link about the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt).
Tips: Search words, or keywords, are the most important words in our question. You can leave out small words like ‘the’ and ‘of’ and just choose the main ones, eg ancient Egypt. We can always change our keywords or add more if we need to.
This BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) interactive school site covers history topics such as British history, WWI, WWII, world history, famous British people, ancient civilizations and world famous people.
Look under World history for Ancient Egypt.
Select from any topics like An Introduction to Ancient Egypt or Who was Tutankhamun.
Each of the topics has short videos and interesting activities to enjoy.
Tips: Some websites have .au, .nz, .uk or other codes in their url. This can tell you which country this website comes from eg .au is from Australia or .nz is from New Zealand. You can check the About the BBC link on the website for more information.
Ducksters is a website with information on History, Biography, Geography and Science from around the world.
Select Ancient Egypt on the home page.
Then select Pharaohs to learn about the leaders of Ancient Egypt.
Tips: Websites that have .com or .co in the address can have good information, but you need to assess how reliable it is. See the About Ducksters page to learn about their goals and values.
This is another website which has great educational resources for students. This site covers a range of subjects including world history.
Enter the keywords 'ancient Egypt' into the search bar. This will bring up a range of articles and videos related to this topic.
Select the video Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley.
Tips: You may see a message about cookies on this website. Cookies are a kind of data collector that is used by some websites to collect information about their users.
Topic Explorer is an online tool from the National Library of New Zealand. It has quality resources for school students in different formats like books, images, videos, websites and more.
There are two ways to search this site:
Select the Filter by topic, type, or learning area button and enter the keywords 'ancient Egypt'.
Look through the topics on the homepage and select Ancient Egypt.
Select Ancient Egypt series and then View Original to see an image of hieroglyphics.
Tips: We like sites like this because they’re reliable. You can tell because of their web address – they have .govt, meaning they are from government organisations. They are also New Zealand sites, so relevant for us.
Books
We have suggested some books below. Check out your school or local public library to see if they have these titles:
Ancient Egypt by George Hart
Ancient Egypt for Kids by Oldřich Růžička, Tomáš Tůma, translation by Radka Knotková
Ancient Egypt by Charlie Samuels
Ancient Egyptians by Jane Lacey
The Ancient Egyptians by Imogen Greenberg
SCIS no: 1892979
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