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Archaeology Online...ancient Indian civilizations... India is indeed a place of great antiquity and great mystery

dig™, published with the Archaeological Institute of America, lets young people share in the thrill of archaeological discovery while learning about the cultural, scientific, and architectural traits and beliefs of different societies.

Eternal Egypt - Explore over 5,000 years of Egyptian civilization through interactive maps, timelines, libraries, and types of artifacts, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models, and more.

EternityTravel.com - Step-by-step guide for an ancient Egyptian trip to the afterlife. Walk through your virtual mummification preparation by choosing a tomb, mummification "spa" treatment, and mummy case.

Lucy's Legacy ...Houston Museum of Natural Science provides an exciting look at evolution in light of the findings of "Lucy," a 3.2 million year-old fossilized Hominid whose remains were discovered in 1974. Scroll the viewer from side to side to observe this progression or click on the links on the top of the page to learn more about discovering and dating fossils. This is a great hands on site.

National Geographic Virtual Dig...provides users with an opportunity to conduct their own virtual dig. Chip away at the earth with a hammer, brush away the dust, then ship your crate off to the lab. Three different locations are available in this remarkably detailed interactive exercise.

Neferchichi’s Tomb - Lesson Plans: For teachers and homeschooling parents. Don’t miss the Fruity Pharaohs mummification simulation activity! All About Mummies: More than you ever need to know! Pharaohs: Short biographies of some of the more well-known pharaohs of Egypt.
Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology - has four on-line features that provide the virtual visitor with a broader sense of the museum’s object, photographic, and archival collections, and research of the faculty and staff. ]
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Today, archaeological evidence reveals some of the mysteries that surrounded the history of the Wonders for centuries. For their builders, the Seven Wonders were a celebration of religion, mythology, art, power, and science. ]
Texas Arrowheads and Indian Artifacts - A regional Archaeological web site that contains a projectile point type gallery with information and photos of hundreds of Texas Indian artifacts and even coloring pages for the kids!

Unmasking of Piltdown Man...A BBC news feature explores a twentieth-century "scientific embarrassment." The Piltdown Man fossils, originally thought to present a link between apes and humans, were revealed to be forgeries forty years after being discovered. Find images of the fraudulent specimens and tools, a collection of articles about the hoax, and video and audio presentations on this forgery and other forgeries in archaeology.