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Best of the Web: Children's Resources » People & Places » Places in History
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Ancient Egypt Webquest
Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and Archeology.
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Arte Historia
Historia y biografias en Espa?ol. History and biography resources in Spanish.
- At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
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Civil War Photographs
A Library of Congress collection of 1,118 Civil War photographs which can be searched by keyword, browsed by subject, or viewed by year.
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Empires Past
A comprehensive resource on ancient empires.
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History of Costume
Plates of the book by the same name, originally published between 1861 and 1880.
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History of Costume by Braun & Schneider
A textbook with 500 plates of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th Century. Originally published from 1861-1880, the book is now available online in its entirety.
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Map Machine
From National Geographic.
- Middle Ages
- New York State History
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Pegasus: Greek Myths, Heroes &amp Heroines, and Animals
Greek mythology, heroes and heroines, and animals.
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Secrets of the Lost Empires: Medieval Siege
Learn about life in medieval castles and how to operate a catapult.
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Stately Knowledge: Facts About the United States
Facts about the States, from the Internet Public Library.
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Today in History
Explore famous events and birthdays. Site has a fully searchable archive.
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Picture of the Day
William Blake (1757-1827). So cried he ... NYPL Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery