Etana (www.etana.org): An umbrella site with links to much on the internet concerning the Ancient Near East.

Abzu (http://www.etana.org/abzu/): Part of the Etana site - it is a searchable index for internet data and scholarship of the Ancient Near East.

The British Museum (http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/): The British Museum has tremendously important collections of both Egyptian and Near Eastern materials. Check out Compass - an online catalog of select materials. The British Museum and many of the museums listed below have special sections on Egypt and the Ancient Near East - I've just linked to the main site pages.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (http://www.metmuseum.org/):World -class collections of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art.

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/): Sumerian texts, English translations, and bibliographical information for much important Sumerian literature.

Write like an Egyptian! (http://www.upennmuseum.com/hieroglyphsreal.cgi/): Just type your name in...

Write like a Babylonian! (http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi): While you're at it, you might as well visit the museum site. UPenn has another great collection for both cultures.

The FBI Art Theft Program (http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/arttheft/noticerecov.htm): Some items that went missing...

The Scorpion King (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277296/): Akkadian or not? You tell me...