Nova Online/Pyramids: The Inside Story
Visit this site to learn more about ancient Egypt and hieroglyphics. Click on Explore the Pyramids and Hieroglyphs: Say What? to view samples of hieroglyphs and to learn to decipher them. Then create your own hieroglyphs, using both pictographs and ideograms, and see if your classmates can crack your code.

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
Click on At the Tomb of Tutankhamen to follow a National Geographic correspondent in witnessing the 1923 opening of the famous tomb. Discoveries don't have to be monumental to make a good story. Write the story of any discovery you have made and describe what it meant to you.