Other Fun Things to Do on the Web

Write like an Egyptian

Use the hieroglyphic typewriter to spell your name in hieroglyphs.

Then use the Hieroglyphic Print Machine to make greetings cards, T-Shirts and posters. The tool set allows you to make text, lines, squares and ellipses. You can import your own images and adjust them in the picture editor. The greetings card function gives you four different card types and the T-shirt function will automatically reverse your text and images for printing on transfer paper. You can now write secret ancient Egyptian messages to your friends and have fun creating all sorts Egyptian themed stuff with your printer.

Egyptian Clipart

Images of ancient Egypt for you to use on your computer, from Neferchichi’s Tomb.

Our clip art and fonts are free for personal and/or school use only. Not-for-profit organizations (including but not limited to museums and libraries) are not considered personal and/or school use. These organizations must purchase a license to use our clip art and/or fonts (see next item).

If you wish to use our clip art for commercial projects (including but not limited to the creation of commercial web sites, brochures, logos, ads, etc.) then you need to purchase the Neferchichi’s Clip Art CD (Pro Collection) for commercial use. This CD has over 675 files in high resolution formats for quality print jobs, as well as all the clip art found on neferchichi.com.

You may NOT use any image that makes up the “look and feel” of neferchichi.com. Only images from the pages listed below are offered for your use.

Horrible Histories

Looking for some frightful fun? Feast your eyes on:

Wicked wallpapers
Evil e-cards
Fascinating facts
Putrid printables
Feeling lucky? Enter a cruel competition.

But be careful, history is no joke.

Find any stone circle/row in the UK on the interactive Megolith Map

This site is a resource for finding any stone circle or row in England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales. The map of Britain and Ireland, is divided into 100 kilometre squares.

The locations of prehistoric stone circles and stone rows are indicated by the red dots. Click on a grid square to see that map sheet in greater detail.

Many of the pages have links to images and text elsewhere on the web, making this a master index of stone circles and rows on the web.

Take a tour of Maya ruins

The Maya were concerned with creating monumental ceremonial spaces, often astronomically aligned, within which ritual and political theater could take place.

This website was begun after my first visit to the Yucatan in 1995, and is an attempt to share photos and impressions of that astonishing ancient architecture which I had the privilege to see.

Visit the interactive Cave of Chauvet-Pont-D’Arc

On Sunday, December 18, 1994, Jean-Marie Chauvet led his two friends, Éliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire, on the Cirque d’Estre toward the cliffs. A faint air current emanating from a small opening at the end of a small cave had attracted his attention and he now wanted to satisfy his curiosity once and for all. All three had a passion for speleology and had long stopped counting their discoveries. It was late in the afternoon and the small cavity into which they penetrated was already known since it was situated very close to a popular hiking trail. But there, behind the fallen rocks, they were sure there was something more…

Anglo-Saxon Gold Hoard puzzler

Choose a Jigsaw or a Slide puzzler
Choose an Anglo-Saxon Gold Hoard picture
Start the puzzle…
Put the pieces back together again!

Dress a Roman soldier

The Roman Empire grew so quickly because of its large and skilful army. A soldier’s life was hard, they were well armed and trained for dangerous battles.

Find out what Roman soldier’s wore on a daily basis on the BM & AG website.

Explore a Victorian painting

Find out how to read the images and learn more about the people in these Victorian paintings.

External Internet Safety Links

External websites are out of the control of The Young Archaeologists’ Club. Whilst we have carried out an initial check that the content of the website is suitable for The Young Archaeologists’ Club age range, The Young Archaeologists’ Club is not responsible for the content of these external sites. If you feel that the link is unsuitable, please do let us know.

CEOP’s Thinkuknow website provides films and games to play on how to stay safer online and Childnet has produced a range of online safety resources including Chatdanger.com and Know IT All.

For more information please visit YAC’s Safe Surfing page.

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