Amarna, the first planned city on Earth, was designed to be the new capital city of Akhenaten's kingdom. Part eight of this series focuses on the building techniques engineers developed to meet the pharaoh's shortened timeline.

National Geographic Channel combines old news reel footage with current film and photographs to reveal some of the artifacts found in King Tut's tomb. Your class might also enjoy the mention of a few of the events that led to the stories...

Tutankhamen, boy-pharaoh, was famous not for his rule, which was short, but for the findings in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Click on the pictures for more information and be sure to watch the PBS video. Requires RealPlayer.

Find a library of 12 video clips excerpted from the PBS documentary "Egypt's Golden Empire" about the New Kingdom period of Egyptian history (1567 to 1085 BCE). Each clip runs one to three minutes. Clips cover a wide range of topics...

Video [6:15] of Harry Burton and Sandra Vannini discussing the replica of the contents of King Tut's tomb as Howard Carter would have originally seen them.

A diverse group of scientists recently solved the 3000 year-old case of how King Tut died. [1:39]