North Kharga Oasis Survey - Maps, color photos, descriptions of the archaeological sites, and annual fieldwork reports of the North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS), a project of the American University in Cairo and Cambridge University. - http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/northkhargaoasissurvey/
Amarna Project - Provides an overview, a guidebook, a model of the city, current research, and preservation of ancient Akhetaten. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and color photos. - http://www.amarnaproject.com/
Egyptian Antiquity Thief Gets 35 Years - From al Jazeera, the ringleader of an Egyptian antiquities smuggling ring that shipped at least 300 pharaonic and other artefacts to Europe has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. - http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=3412
Giza Archives Project - Provides integrated, online access to the excavations of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University. Includes panoramic views, archives, and a database. - http://www.gizapyramids.org/
Secrets of the Lost Tomb - Discovery of a large tomb complex by Kent Weeks. - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101950529-134211,00.html
Egyptian Mirage - A database of 19th-century "studio photographs" of Egypt in the collection of the Griffith Institute, Oxford. - http://www.ashmolean.museum/gri/4mirage.html
In Egyptian Desert, Cells of Earliest Monks - The International Herald Tribune reports on the discovery of 4th-century monastic cells at St. Anthony's Monastery. - http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/27/news/journal.php
Egyptian Stonehenge - From NASA, the site, known as Nabta, is between 6,000 and 6,500 years old, or about 1,000 years older than Stonehenge. - http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/locations/egypt_stone.htm
Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project - Excavated in Egypt in the early 1900s, these papyri have restored to us lost Greek texts. Oxford University provides an online exhibition, conference proceedings, photographs and published volumes. - http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/
Cleopatra's Palace Found - Obscured by murky water for more than 1,500 years, remains of the ancient capital of the Ptolemies have been found in Egypt's Port of Alexandria, reports Archaeology. - http://www.archaeology.org/9703/newsbriefs/alexandria.html
Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment - The University of Colorado declares an assembly of huge stone slabs at Nabta, 6,500 to 6,000 years old, to be the oldest known astronomical alignment of megaliths in the world. - http://www.colorado.edu/PublicRelations/NewsReleases/1998/Oldest_Astronomical_Megalith_A.html
Unique Egyptian Temple Complex - Five temples uncovered in the eastern Nile Delta. - http://www.he.net/~archaeol/0003/newsbriefs/egypt.html
Pedestals of Road of Rams Statues Found - Discovery reveals a road linking the temples of Thebes. - http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/000404/2000040483.html
BBC News Online: Library of Alexandria Discovered - Dr David Whitehouse reports that archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the fabled Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning. - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3707641.stm
Waseda University Egyptian Expedition - Detailed reports on excavations at Dashur North, Malqata, tomb of Amenophis III, the Theban Necropolis, Abusir South, the Khufu Boat and al-Fustat. The pyramids survey at Giza. - http://www.waseda.ac.jp/projects/egypt/index-E.html
Virtual Kahun - Joint project between Manchester Museum and Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Visitors have the chance to explore pyramid builders' town in virtual reality and to search the collections. - http://www.kahun.man.ac.uk/
Valley of the Kings Foundation - Offers news about the Amarna Royal Tombs Project and an overview of the Foundation's work. - http://www.valleyofthekings.org/
Topographical and Petrological Survey of Ancient Egyptian Quarries - Features a methodology paper by James A. Harrell and V. Max Brown, University of Toledo. Includes photos and maps. - http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Harrell/Egypt/Quarries/Quarries_Menu.html
The Tomb of Senneferi - Nigel Strudwick of Cambridge University describes his excavation at Theban Tomb 99, Luxor. Location, Senneferi and his family, history, architecture, wall paintings, dig diaries, publications. Includes plans, photographs and Quicktime VR movies. - http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/tt99/
The Theban Mapping Project - A comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes. Visit each tomb in the Valley of the Kings through the interactive atlas with plans, descriptions, images and movies. Articles on the history of Thebes, tomb development and decoration. Staff, progress re - http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
Survey and Excavation Projects in Egypt - Provides news, updates, dig information, and satellite imaging of projects of the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto. - http://www.deltasinai.com/
Saqqara Online - Official website of the Leiden Excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara in Egypt, a joint project of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, the Netherlands, and Leiden University. Includes history, a timeline, photos, and a map. - http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/
The Luxor-Farshut Desert Road Project - (Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago) Survey of a desert site which has revealed various ancient graffiti. - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/DES/Desert_Road.html
KV-10 - Amenmesse Project - Report on excavations in KV-10, the tomb of Amenmesse, with background and history, season summaries, a diagram of the tomb, and color photos. - http://www.kv-10.com/
Giza Pyramids: Follow the Excavation - Information about the 1997 excavation work at the Giza pyramids by Mark Lehner, from Nova Online. - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/
The Giza Plateau Mapping Project - Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity. - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GIZ/Giza.html
Gateway To Ancient Egypt - Ancient Egyptian history, including the various dynasties and their pharaohs, religious and funerary beliefs, gods, pyramids, temples, tombs and photos. - http://www.gatewaytoancientegypt.co.uk
The Epigraphic Survey - Oriental Institute at University of Chicago survey of Luxor directed by W. Raymond Johnson. - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/EPI/Epigraphic.html
Egypt Exploration Society Fieldwork - Reports on Memphis, El-Amarna, Qasr Ibrim, Sais and the Delta Survey. - http://www.ees.ac.uk/fieldwork/fieldintro.htm
The Discovery of the Tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza - An illustrated article by Dr. Zahi Hawass on the tombs of artisans and administrators who worked on the Giza pyramid complexes. - http://guardians.net/hawass/buildtomb.htm
The Bir Umm Fawakhir Survey - Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago survey of a 5th-7th century site in Egypt. - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/FAW/Fawakhir.html
Bir Umm Fawakhir - Insights into ancient gold mining community in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. - http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9703/Meyer-9703.html
The Berenike Project - History and reports on the excavations at the site and the survey of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, from 1994 to the present. - http://www.archbase.com/berenike/english1.html
ArchBase - A site for archaeological databases. - http://www.archbase.org/
The Eastern Desert Ware Pages - Eastern Desert Ware (EDW) refers to a rather recently identified corpus of relatively small, hand-made vessels with a remarkable surface treatment, mostly dating from the 4th-6th centuries AD and found in the Eastern Desert, between the Nile and the Red S - http://www.barnard.nl/EDWdata/index.html
Egypt Bails Jailed French Archaeologist - From Expatica, Frenchman was arrested at Cairo airport in August 2003 after customs officers found several terracotta figurines and 158 coins in his luggage. - http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=6151
Eternal Egypt - Egypt's government and major museums collaborate with IBM to present high-resolution views of artifacts, interactive maps and timelines, and a collection of articles. - http://www.eternalegypt.org/
Egyptians Arrested in Mummy Plot - From the Capital-Journal, a senior Egyptian official and six other government employees have been arrested for trying to sell a mummy to an undercover officer, police said Friday - http://www.cjonline.com/stories/110103/pag_egyptians.shtml
Antiquities for Sale - From Al-Ahram Weekly, Christie's and Sotheby's are just two of the most famous halls where antiquities are auctioned off every day. - http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/664/he3.htm
A Philosophy of Colours - From Al-Ahram Weekly, Alexandria's state-of-the-art and long-awaited National Museum is open. - http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/662/heritage.htm
Crock of Byzantine Gold Found at Abu Sir - Arabic News reports that an Hungarian archaeological team in Abu Sir, west Alexandria, unearthed five gold coins and a gold bracelet dating back to the Byzantine age, 4th century CE. - http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030307/2003030724.html
Excavations at Amheida - The Columbia University digging of a settlement in the Dakhleh Oasis from the 3rd millennium BCE Old Kingdom to the 6th century CE early Christian period. Plans, views, reports and bibliography. - http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/
Ancient Spice Route Between Egypt and India - Popular Science reports that archaeologists have unearthed at Berenike on the Red Sea the most extensive remains to date from sea trade between India and Egypt during the Roman Empire. - http://www.popular-science.net/history/india_egypt_trade_route.html
The Antiquity of Man - A comprehensive academic website covering the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods of Egypt, hominid evolution, and exposing the vacuum of pseudoscience. Includes: summaries of current academic thinking, research projects and debates. - http://www.antiquityofman.com/
Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times - Discoveries of the excavation by the University of Michigan (1924-1935) of this village that existed from the mid-3rd century BCE to the end of the 5th century CE. - http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/Karanis83/KaranisExcavation/KaranisExcavation.html