History Hound Travels

This CyberMuseum brings you a collection of antiquities never shown before in the New World. No one has seen any of these artifacts in a “real museum” for the past 25 years. Now, you can.

These words appear on the front of the
King Padibastet’s Tomb site. And inside are more artifacts than you can shake a big stick at. It’s worth spending a few minutes to read the Why a Virtual Museum? page, just for insight into why a person would go to the trouble to set up such a site.

You know how on days of historic significance, newscasters will play parts of famous speeches? We’ve all heard at least part of MLKs “I Have to Dream”, and many of us have heard snippets of JFK as well. He could speak at some 200 words per minute, I think I read. Anyway, this site is an index to many, many famous speeches. American Rhetoric gives access to over 5,000 text, audio and video speeches, including sermons and lectures, as well as court proceedings and interviews. And you can hear them when you want to hear them!

This site ought to be required reading for every student, and also thier parents. And I include my kids and I in that statement. The Bill of Rights is not a fancy site, it’s just what it claims to be and nothing more. If you haven’t read the first 10 amendments to the Constitution lately, go read them.

This site is geared toward teachers, but it a great place for history buffs. Eyewitness to History The site has numerous first person accounts of historical events. The primary sources often have pictures, too. It’s an amazing site. Just hit the front page, and start clicking. You can also subscribe and they will let you know when they add new stuff. The site covers everything from Ancient History to the payoff of Spiro Agnew in 1971.

This site is an awesome one! If the history of Ancient Egypt interest you at all, you will enjoy it. And frankly, I haven’t met anyone yet whose eyes did not light up at the mention of mummies. Egypt’s Golden Empire is put together by PBS, and you can find information about the series, as well as special features here.