Egyptian Art Pathfinder

World Wide Web Resources

Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
This wonderfully comprehensive Art History resource offers a wealth of information on Egyptian art including links to museums as well as historical guides to put the material in proper context.

The Art of the Fake: Egyptian Forgeries
http://www.ipl.org/div/kelsey/
“Showcases a variety of forgeries from the Kelsey Museum of Archeology alongside examples of genuine Egyptian antiquities, including sculptures, mummy portraits and other artifacts.”

Egyptian Museum
http://www.emuseum.gov.eg/
The official site for Egypt’s art museum.  View video footage as well as photographs of the museum’s collection.

Louvre Museum
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
The Louvre Museum in Paris holds a collection of some of the world's finest art. A search on Egypt will bring up over 30 pages of results, ranging from Egyptian ceramics to funeral art.

The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/egypt/index.htm#about
“This online exhibit includes a virtual tour inside a full-scale tomb, the exhibition film, and multimedia slideshows of specific objects. To use these multimedia resources, you must have QuickTime or RealPlayer installed on your computer.”

Print Resources

Reference
The dictionary of art. edited by Jane Turner.  New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 1996. Call # R 703 DI

Encyclopedia of world art.  New York, McGraw-Hill [1959-c1987] Call # R 703 EN

Exhibitions and Catalogs
Egyptian treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. New York: Abrams c1999. OVERSIZED Call # 720.32 EG 

Treasures of Tutankhamun : National Gallery of Art, Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago, New Orleans Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [New York] : Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1976. Call # 709.32 TR

Non Fiction
Glubok, Shirley. The art of Egypt under the pharaohs. New York : Macmillan, c1980. Call # J 709.32 GL

Hawass, Zahi A. Hidden treasures of ancient Egypt : unearthing the masterpieces of Egyptian history Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2004. Call # 932 HA

Hodge, Susie. Ancient Egyptian art. Des Plaines, Ill. : Heinemann Interactive Library, c1998.  Call # J 709 HO

Mall¯akh, Kam¯al.  Treasures of the Nile : art of the temples and tombs of Egypt. New York : Newsweek, c1980.  Call # 709.3 MA

Educational Videos

Tut: the boy king [United States] : NBC : Distributed by Monterey Media Inc., 2005. Call # DVD 932.014 TU