The Ancient Near East: Readings

1. The Epic of Gilgamesh
2. Hammurabi's Code
3. Hymn to Egyptian Gods (from the Book of the Dead)
4. Herodotus Reports on Mummification
5. The Zoroastrian Creed
   

Internet Resources

• Akkadian Language Website
• Bakhtiari Archaeological Site
• Tell Sweyhat Archaeological Project
  (University of Pennsylvania)
• 3-D X-Rays of an Egyptian Mummy
• The Temple of Abu Simbel
  ( Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research, The Netherlands)
• Color Tour of Ancient Egypt
  (Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, University of Memphis)
• Life in Ancient Egypt
  (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
• Mysteries of Catalhöyük
• Thebes Photographic Project
  (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)