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Cairo Museum The museum has gorgeous pictures online, including a picture of the well-preserved Ramses II. Also has texts and architectural renderings. Book of the Dead Translation of the Egyptian religious text. Brooklyn Museum Beautiful artifacts, nice photos. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston This site has some beautiful color photos of the collection, as well as a wonderful tour complete with audio and video files online. Check it out! Nefertari, Light of Egypt VRML tour of Nefertari's tomb. Check it out! University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Quicktime Movie Tours! Nifty techno-research! Royal Mummies Interesting pictures of mummies, and a debate about which royal mummy is which. Mummification Brief explanation of the mummification procedure. No sources given. Modern Egyptian Ritual Magick Commentary and references to Egyptian ritual from a modern "magickers" perspective. Interesting! University of Memphis Images of the collection, etc. Tour of the Temple of Abu Simbel Virtually tour Ramses II temple complex. Great photos. KMT (Modern Egyptology) Visit issues of this journal online. The cover art alone is worth a look, and there are several good articles to read also. CyberMummy Interesting interactive, with explanations of hieroglyphs, and other frequently asked questions. Smithsonian Information on mummification, bibliography. Herodotus Herodotus describes the mummification process in Book II. (Passage 85 through 89) Unfortunately, this html version does not include the passage numbers. Scroll down about one third of the way through the book. Summum Mummification A Salt Lake City company offers mummification modeled after Egyptian practices. Mummy This site at the University of Illinois explores the identity and cause of death of a young mummy. 3-D Imaging. shows what the child may have looked like in life. 3-D Reconstruction What's inside that mummy case? Modern diagnostic tools reveal the mysteries. Visit this 3-D reconstruction of a real mummy. |
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