Join the expedition to explore an Egyptian tomb. Children will need to decipher hieroglyphs and examine various artefacts including a mummy. The site has the potential to be a whole class activity.

Recommended if you are looking for information on the Ancient Egyptians or Ancient Greeks.

The Learning Zone from the BBC provides short videos on Romans, Victorians, Vikings and Jacobites. In Windows Media Play you can view in full screen mode.

A site with animated cartoon-style games and stories aimed at 7 - 11 year olds. It is about the early Celts. The fact file includes photographs of Iron Age objects. The craft centre shows you how to make Iron Age artefact lookalikes.

A superb animated adventure by the BBC on the Indus Valley civilisation. There are resources for teachers too.

Play the game together to find out about mummification and how and why the Ancient Egyptians prepared people for the afterlife.

This workshop involves making a Plasticine model of a mummy, wrapping it in modroc and then making a cast of the mummy to form the sarcophagus.

Fantastic interactive learning resources covering 4000 years of Scottish history from the Stone Age to the Twentieth Century. An amazing toolkit for teachers of primary and secondary age children.