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Religion

Origin Myths

The Book of Ani, or the Egyptian Book of the Dead [At Upenn][Full text in E. Wallis Budge's translation.]
Judgement of the Dead Book of the Dead, Chapter 25 [At WSU]
The Egyptian Negative Confession Book of the Dead, Chapter 125 [At Eliade]
Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): Description of Mummification [At Clinch Valley College]
With a CT scan of a mummy.
WEB Walk Like an Egyptian [Website-AOL]
An odd site in some respects, but has useful summaries of topics usch as Ma'at, Ba and Ka.
WEB Death in Ancient Egypt [At ABZU]
Includes an illustrated guide to various topics, including Ba and Ka.

Art and Architecture

Egyptian Art and Architecture Images [At Tulane]
Art of Egypt [At Coconino CC]
Museo Gregoriano Egiziano [At Christusrex]
Images from the Vatican's Egyptian Museum.
Egypt Image Index [At EAWC]

Literature

Tale of Two Brothers [At Creighton]
Lover Songs of ChesterBeatty Papyrus I [At Egyptology.com]
A homosexual love poem?

Music

Egyptian Music [La musica nell'antico Egitto][Website]
The site is in Italian. The Instruments Page and the Papyrus Illustrations Page are especially interesting.

Everyday Life

Plumbing in Egypt [At theplumber.com]
Carol Meyer: Bir Umm Fawakhir: Insights into Ancient Egyptian Mining JOM 9:3 (1997), 64-68. [At JOM]
Mining in 5-6th Century CE Egypt.
Life in Ancient Egypt [Website]
At the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Modern text with ample illustrations on everyday life and religious beliefs and practices.
Everyday Life in Egypt [Website-Mankato]
Includes short texts.
Egyptian Medicine [Website]
Some short texts and illustrations

Mathematics

Egyptian Mathematics [At ukonline]
Egyptian Mathematics [At Buffalo]
With translations of problems.
Egyptian Fractions [At UCI][Website]
A website which discusses Egyptian fractions, and which has links to other sites on Egyptian mathematics.

Gender and Sexuality

For Women: see Diotima
- Status of Women in Egyptian Society, by Peter Piccione [At NWU]
For gender variants: See People With a History: Near East and Egypt
- Contention of Horus and Seth [At AOL-Wiccan Site]
  Ends with Seth penetrating Horus.

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