LINKS
EGYPTOLOGY
GLYPHSTUDY
Learn to read Egyptian Hieroglyphs for free, a great site. Amateurs, newbies flourish here.
THE GIZA ARCHIVES Giza on-line in rich detail. Great resource site.
EGYPTOLOGY NEWS Egyptology news covering Egyptian prehistory and history.
CATCHPENNY Several "fringe" ideas and incorrect myths about ancient Egypt exploded
ARCE the American Research Center in Egypt, the national organization
ARCE, CHICAGO CHAPTER They meet at the best kept secret museum in the world, The Oriental Institute in Chicago
ANCIENT EGYPT HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY Royal names in hieroglyphs, transliteration, and translation, plus historical vignettes
ABYDOS KING LIST Lista de Reyes del Templo de Sety I en Abydos, Sety I junto a su hijo Ramses II
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE AEL contains discussions and translation projects and is a gateway to a variety of Egyptological sites.
EGYPTIAN HISTORY Comparison of the king lists and overviews of the reigns of selected kings.
ANNEKE'S ANCIENT EGYPT Richly illustrated, richly detailed, richly rewarding. A wonderful, must see, resource.
JESICA BOGG'S BLOGS Fact and well-thought out opinion on various topics concerning ancient Egypt. Watch out - she's a cat lover!
EGYPTOLOGY RESOURCES The first Egyptology site on the web
JIM LOY'S EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS AND EGYPTOLOGY PAGE Won an Open Directory Cool Site award and is recommended by Yahoo and my me.
LAHUN MATHEMATICAL PAPYRI Mathematical Fragments from Lahun: Introduction by Annette Imhausen
REISNER PAPYRUS The most basic of the hieratic mathematical texts may be the Reisner Papyrus.
PLANETMATH.ORG Click on math encyclopedia, subject, history and biography, history of mathematics, Egyptian.
THE ONION The usual nuttiness of the Onion applied to, of all people, Tutankhamun. Strong language.
EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS A detailed look at the state of ancient Egyptian mathematical procedures.
JSESH Download the JSesh Hieroglyphic Editor for free. It's what I use to generate the glyphs on this site.
ETANA Download hundreds of public domain books and papers.
PROJET ROSETTE This website is devoted to the study of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Has an English version.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS Texts in translation and some originals can be found here, too. An invaluable resource
THE DIVINE COW. The book of the divine cow, texts and translations
THESAURUS LINGUAE AEGYPTIAE On-line Egyptian dictionary. In German, but you can get it to use English for you.
DIGITAL KARNAK The site of Karnak in pictures and documentation, a valuable resource.
THE PALERMO STONE I'm unable to get here from Catchpenny's home page, this link takes you to some good ostraka.
THEBAN MAPPING PROJECT Kent Weeks has put the Valley of the Kings and the Theban necropolis on-line. An indispensable resource.
ANCIENT EGYPT WEB SITE Another excellent site with tons of links and other information, including translations of selected items. Visit it.
THE GIZA ARCHIVES Giza on-line in rich detail. Great resource site.
EGYPTOLOGY NEWS Egyptology news covering Egyptian prehistory and history.
CATCHPENNY Several "fringe" ideas and incorrect myths about ancient Egypt exploded
ARCE the American Research Center in Egypt, the national organization
ARCE, CHICAGO CHAPTER They meet at the best kept secret museum in the world, The Oriental Institute in Chicago
ANCIENT EGYPT HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY Royal names in hieroglyphs, transliteration, and translation, plus historical vignettes
ABYDOS KING LIST Lista de Reyes del Templo de Sety I en Abydos, Sety I junto a su hijo Ramses II
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE AEL contains discussions and translation projects and is a gateway to a variety of Egyptological sites.
EGYPTIAN HISTORY Comparison of the king lists and overviews of the reigns of selected kings.
ANNEKE'S ANCIENT EGYPT Richly illustrated, richly detailed, richly rewarding. A wonderful, must see, resource.
JESICA BOGG'S BLOGS Fact and well-thought out opinion on various topics concerning ancient Egypt. Watch out - she's a cat lover!
EGYPTOLOGY RESOURCES The first Egyptology site on the web
JIM LOY'S EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS AND EGYPTOLOGY PAGE Won an Open Directory Cool Site award and is recommended by Yahoo and my me.
LAHUN MATHEMATICAL PAPYRI Mathematical Fragments from Lahun: Introduction by Annette Imhausen
REISNER PAPYRUS The most basic of the hieratic mathematical texts may be the Reisner Papyrus.
PLANETMATH.ORG Click on math encyclopedia, subject, history and biography, history of mathematics, Egyptian.
THE ONION The usual nuttiness of the Onion applied to, of all people, Tutankhamun. Strong language.
EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS A detailed look at the state of ancient Egyptian mathematical procedures.
JSESH Download the JSesh Hieroglyphic Editor for free. It's what I use to generate the glyphs on this site.
ETANA Download hundreds of public domain books and papers.
PROJET ROSETTE This website is devoted to the study of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Has an English version.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS Texts in translation and some originals can be found here, too. An invaluable resource
THE DIVINE COW. The book of the divine cow, texts and translations
THESAURUS LINGUAE AEGYPTIAE On-line Egyptian dictionary. In German, but you can get it to use English for you.
DIGITAL KARNAK The site of Karnak in pictures and documentation, a valuable resource.
THE PALERMO STONE I'm unable to get here from Catchpenny's home page, this link takes you to some good ostraka.
THEBAN MAPPING PROJECT Kent Weeks has put the Valley of the Kings and the Theban necropolis on-line. An indispensable resource.
ANCIENT EGYPT WEB SITE Another excellent site with tons of links and other information, including translations of selected items. Visit it.
ASTRONOMY
AAVSO
The American Association of Variable Star Observers, pro-am symbiosis at its best.
BAD ASTRONOMY Phil Plait relentlessly exposes whacko "ideas" but also the whackos themselves.
ALPO The Association of Lunar and Planetary observers. Another pro-am cooperation venture.
IOTA The International Occultation and Timing Association. Improving astrometry and updating orbital parameters.
EXOPLANETS Bruce Gary's site provides ephemerides and technological guidance for the detection of exoplanets.
VARIABLE STAR AND EXOPLANET SECTION of the Czech Astronomical Society. Wonderful site for predictions of future transits and reports of previous ones.
GORD SARTY Links, links, and more links to every aspect of observational astronomy.
EARTH IMPACT EVENTS Calculate the results of simulated asteroid and comet impacts on the Earth.
HEAVENS ABOVE Predicts, for any location, passes of the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and other satellites.
PLANETARIUM SOFTWARE Links to various commercial and free sites for planetarium software for your computer.
CLEAR DARK SKY Accurate predictions of cloud cover, visibility, and darkness for anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.
SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER Up to nearly the minute world-wide satellite images from GOES and other sources. Detailed forecasts. Wonderful site!
SSEC CRAS Detailed sky cover and precipitation forecasts for the mid-west United States.
KMSN METAR Official aeronautical weather for Madison
NED WRIGHT'S COSMOLOGY TUTORIAL How did the universe get here?
HORIZONS Accurate ephemerides for solar system objects.
JPL's ASTEROID WATCH Everything about asteroids and especially near-Earth objects.
JPL The Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
KRAKOW EB EPHEMERIDES Krakow, Poland hosts the world's leading database on Eclipsing Binaries. Ephemerides and parameters.
SYSTEMIC Learn how to determine orbital parameters based on observations of exoplanets.
USGS ASTROGEOLOGY Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements for solar system objects.
NASA ECLIPSE PATHS Historical and future solar eclipse paths and lunar eclipse visibility areas.
IAU MINOR PLANET AND COMET EPHEMERIS The International Astronomical Union provides ephemerides for minor planets, asteroides, and comets.
NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY The Earth from orbit. Viewing the Earth as a planet.
SPACEWEATHER.COM Sunspots, Auroras, Magnetic storms are all predicted and reported on here.
SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY Everything about the one thing we can't do without and we have no control over: the Sun
ANDREW LOWE'S MINOR PLANET HOME PAGE Fabulous site. Everything about every minor planet, asteroid, near Earth object, including ephemerides!
HOME PLANET A branch of Fourmilab (see below under Fun Stuff for Fourmilab), this is a freebie you can download and run on your computer. Enjoy!
BAD ASTRONOMY Phil Plait relentlessly exposes whacko "ideas" but also the whackos themselves.
ALPO The Association of Lunar and Planetary observers. Another pro-am cooperation venture.
IOTA The International Occultation and Timing Association. Improving astrometry and updating orbital parameters.
EXOPLANETS Bruce Gary's site provides ephemerides and technological guidance for the detection of exoplanets.
VARIABLE STAR AND EXOPLANET SECTION of the Czech Astronomical Society. Wonderful site for predictions of future transits and reports of previous ones.
GORD SARTY Links, links, and more links to every aspect of observational astronomy.
EARTH IMPACT EVENTS Calculate the results of simulated asteroid and comet impacts on the Earth.
HEAVENS ABOVE Predicts, for any location, passes of the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and other satellites.
PLANETARIUM SOFTWARE Links to various commercial and free sites for planetarium software for your computer.
CLEAR DARK SKY Accurate predictions of cloud cover, visibility, and darkness for anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.
SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER Up to nearly the minute world-wide satellite images from GOES and other sources. Detailed forecasts. Wonderful site!
SSEC CRAS Detailed sky cover and precipitation forecasts for the mid-west United States.
KMSN METAR Official aeronautical weather for Madison
NED WRIGHT'S COSMOLOGY TUTORIAL How did the universe get here?
HORIZONS Accurate ephemerides for solar system objects.
JPL's ASTEROID WATCH Everything about asteroids and especially near-Earth objects.
JPL The Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
KRAKOW EB EPHEMERIDES Krakow, Poland hosts the world's leading database on Eclipsing Binaries. Ephemerides and parameters.
SYSTEMIC Learn how to determine orbital parameters based on observations of exoplanets.
USGS ASTROGEOLOGY Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements for solar system objects.
NASA ECLIPSE PATHS Historical and future solar eclipse paths and lunar eclipse visibility areas.
IAU MINOR PLANET AND COMET EPHEMERIS The International Astronomical Union provides ephemerides for minor planets, asteroides, and comets.
NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY The Earth from orbit. Viewing the Earth as a planet.
SPACEWEATHER.COM Sunspots, Auroras, Magnetic storms are all predicted and reported on here.
SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY Everything about the one thing we can't do without and we have no control over: the Sun
ANDREW LOWE'S MINOR PLANET HOME PAGE Fabulous site. Everything about every minor planet, asteroid, near Earth object, including ephemerides!
HOME PLANET A branch of Fourmilab (see below under Fun Stuff for Fourmilab), this is a freebie you can download and run on your computer. Enjoy!
FUN STUFF
U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY TIME SERVICE
And a lot of other great information as well.
DILBERT The corporate world exposed. My hero, my favorite is Wally - a role model for us all.
U.S. CHESS FEDERATION Lists of clubs and players, tutorials, etc.
THE GREEN BAY PACKERS The finest football team in the history of the world. Right out of TitleTown USA
THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS The finest baseball team in the history of the world.
THE MADISON MALLARDS The second finest baseball team in the history of the world.
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS The finest basketball team in the history of the word.
THE GUTENBERG PROJECT Much of the greatest, and not so greatest, literature in the world, all downloadable, all free, all legal.
WILLIAM SANDERS HOME PAGE Not everyone's cup of tea, but I really like this guy's 'tude.
PRO FOOTBALL REFERENCE Complete history of pro football in the U.S., along with the latest scores and standings.
THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE I love the CFL, larger fields, more players, more pre-snap action than the NFL. To be enjoyed.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL REFERENCE Complete history of major league baseball, along with the latest scores and standings.
MAJOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD " Play by play of all on-going major league games on your computer, no streaming.
PRO BASKETBALL REFERENCE Complete history of major league basketball, along with the latest scores and standings.
PRO HOCKEY REFERENCE Complete history of pro hockey, along with the latest scores and standings.
THE AVIATION HERALD Simon Hradecky keeps us up to date on all air craft incidents, worldwide. An excellent site, well maintained, and you can chime in, too.
FLIGHT AWARE Follow your loved one's (and other people's too) progress in the air in real time.
THINGS PEOPLE SAID Marvelous collections of quotes of the famous, near-famous, infamous, and, well, regular people. Laugh-a-minute.
MORE QUOTATIONS As above. Quotations are wonderful and often funny, but using them as guidelines can be dangerous and defeating.
THE PALEOMAP PROJECT Review the history of the Earth through maps depicting the planet throughout geologic time.
PALAEOS: THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH The title speaks for itself. Absolutely fascinating website. Do not miss.
PHYSICS FORUMS The best maintained, best moderated forum on the web dealing with physics, astronomy, cosmology, etc.
THE TITANIC Encyclopedic. What more is there to say?
DOWNLOADABLE LOEB EDITIONS Ed Donnelly's offering of legally downloadable Greek and Latin texts complete facing page translations.
THE LATIN AND GREEK STUDY GROUPS On-line, on going Latin and Greek group translation sections. Definitely for beginners and re-readers.
LICENSE PLATES OF THE WORLD This is great. Not only are automobile license plates shown from all over the world, but there are historical plates shown, too.
FLAGS OF THE WORLD Comprehensive coverage of national and regional flags, their meanings, and history. A wonderful site.
ABNEY'S GERMAN AND LATIN PAGE Learn German and Latin on-line, interatively. A marvelous site. And some Chinese, too!
ON-LINE FRENCH French grammar, pronunciation, all on-line, all free. This is really not as difficult a language as some people have indicated.
UW-M VETS CLUB A special site for ex-GI's who attended the University of Wisconsin at Milaukee after returning to civilian life from military service and formed a club devoted largely to pig-roasts, beer, and sheepshead.
ANNEKE BART'S MATHEMATICS BLOG If you like visual mathematics and even if you don't, this site shows and analyzes beautiful objects from around the word which have a mathematical underpinning. Take a long look at it.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Everything about the geology of the United States, and much of the world, too. Extremely informative and interesting. Browse for hours.
FOURMILAB This is an incredible site, I don't know how to describe it. Just go and see wonderful things about computing, science, humor, whatever! Just go!
DILBERT The corporate world exposed. My hero, my favorite is Wally - a role model for us all.
U.S. CHESS FEDERATION Lists of clubs and players, tutorials, etc.
THE GREEN BAY PACKERS The finest football team in the history of the world. Right out of TitleTown USA
THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS The finest baseball team in the history of the world.
THE MADISON MALLARDS The second finest baseball team in the history of the world.
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS The finest basketball team in the history of the word.
THE GUTENBERG PROJECT Much of the greatest, and not so greatest, literature in the world, all downloadable, all free, all legal.
WILLIAM SANDERS HOME PAGE Not everyone's cup of tea, but I really like this guy's 'tude.
PRO FOOTBALL REFERENCE Complete history of pro football in the U.S., along with the latest scores and standings.
THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE I love the CFL, larger fields, more players, more pre-snap action than the NFL. To be enjoyed.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL REFERENCE Complete history of major league baseball, along with the latest scores and standings.
MAJOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD " Play by play of all on-going major league games on your computer, no streaming.
PRO BASKETBALL REFERENCE Complete history of major league basketball, along with the latest scores and standings.
PRO HOCKEY REFERENCE Complete history of pro hockey, along with the latest scores and standings.
THE AVIATION HERALD Simon Hradecky keeps us up to date on all air craft incidents, worldwide. An excellent site, well maintained, and you can chime in, too.
FLIGHT AWARE Follow your loved one's (and other people's too) progress in the air in real time.
THINGS PEOPLE SAID Marvelous collections of quotes of the famous, near-famous, infamous, and, well, regular people. Laugh-a-minute.
MORE QUOTATIONS As above. Quotations are wonderful and often funny, but using them as guidelines can be dangerous and defeating.
THE PALEOMAP PROJECT Review the history of the Earth through maps depicting the planet throughout geologic time.
PALAEOS: THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH The title speaks for itself. Absolutely fascinating website. Do not miss.
PHYSICS FORUMS The best maintained, best moderated forum on the web dealing with physics, astronomy, cosmology, etc.
THE TITANIC Encyclopedic. What more is there to say?
DOWNLOADABLE LOEB EDITIONS Ed Donnelly's offering of legally downloadable Greek and Latin texts complete facing page translations.
THE LATIN AND GREEK STUDY GROUPS On-line, on going Latin and Greek group translation sections. Definitely for beginners and re-readers.
LICENSE PLATES OF THE WORLD This is great. Not only are automobile license plates shown from all over the world, but there are historical plates shown, too.
FLAGS OF THE WORLD Comprehensive coverage of national and regional flags, their meanings, and history. A wonderful site.
ABNEY'S GERMAN AND LATIN PAGE Learn German and Latin on-line, interatively. A marvelous site. And some Chinese, too!
ON-LINE FRENCH French grammar, pronunciation, all on-line, all free. This is really not as difficult a language as some people have indicated.
UW-M VETS CLUB A special site for ex-GI's who attended the University of Wisconsin at Milaukee after returning to civilian life from military service and formed a club devoted largely to pig-roasts, beer, and sheepshead.
ANNEKE BART'S MATHEMATICS BLOG If you like visual mathematics and even if you don't, this site shows and analyzes beautiful objects from around the word which have a mathematical underpinning. Take a long look at it.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Everything about the geology of the United States, and much of the world, too. Extremely informative and interesting. Browse for hours.
FOURMILAB This is an incredible site, I don't know how to describe it. Just go and see wonderful things about computing, science, humor, whatever! Just go!
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