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A Woman called Egypt - http://library.thinkquest.org/C003877F/
Educational site from "ThinkQuest" Library where students can learn about Cleopatra by participating in an interactive "play." Articles about relevant history, biography, "costuming" and settings.

Ancient Egypt Index - http://www.crystalinks.com/egyptian.html
Articles on pharaoh Maatkare Hatshepsut, priestesses, and roles of Egyptian women.

Ankhesenamun: Princess of Amarna - http://www.angelfire.com/ne2/TiaDuat/home.html
Biography of Ankhesenpaaten/Queen Ankhesenamun of ancient Egypt, wife of Tutankhamen.

Cleopatra VII, the Last Pharaoh - http://www.royalty.nu/Africa/Egypt/Cleopatra.html
Condensed biography, bibliography and links on the life of Cleopatra: part of larger site about royal rulers throughout history.

Egypt Women in Ancient Egyptian Religion, Part II, The Divine Adoratrice and God's Wife of Amun in the Third Intermediate Period - http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/women2.htm
Part 2 of series regarding women's place in Egyptian religious celebration in the Old/New Kingdoms (see also http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/women1.htm)

Egypt: Women in Religion in the Old-New Kingdoms, Part I - http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/women1.htm
Article outlining women's place in Egyptian religious activity in Egypt (Part 1 of 2).

Egyptian women in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/OBRIEN_DISSPROP_TEXT.HTML
Dissertation on economic, legal activities of women in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt reflected in surviving texts; footnotes and sources.

From Warrior Women to Female Pharaohs: Careers for Women in Ancient Egypt - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/women_01.shtml
Part of BBC's ancient history articles, this site deals with multiple aspects of the lives of women in Ancient Egypt.

The Egyptian Economy and Non-royal Women. - http://www.stoa.org/diotima/essays/wardlect.shtml
The economics of women's life in ancient Egypt from 1995 lecture, Brown University.

The Great Queens of Egypt - http://www.kingtutone.com/queens
Biographies of famous queens of Ancient Egypt: Ankhesenamun, Cleopatra VII, Hatshepsut, Nefertari, and Nefertiti.

Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt - http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/WomenandGender/title.html
Online exhibition using Egyptian artifacts to highlight roles, lives of women in Ancient Egypt and their context in gender relations elsewhere. Exhibit mounted by Kelsey Museum, 1997.

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