InterNet Resources

Satellite Photos at NASA - the links take you to an introductory page; then click on the photo to get a larger photo and the full text description of what you see. The pages may be slow loading because of the size of the photos. The information for each one will help you to understand the geography of the region.

If you have difficulties accessing the photos on the NASA site, there are Mirror Pages here
To get rid of the advert boxes, click their upper right corner twice.

• Sinai Peninsular • Sinai Peninsular and Nile Delta
• Dead Sea
• Eastern Mediterranean
• Nile Delta • Nile Delta
• Israel coastline and Lake Galilee • Israel coastline • Israel • Coast of Syria and Israel, looking from the north • Israel
• Greece
• Italy and Rome • Rome and the Tiber
• The Alps
• The Persian Gulf • The Persian Gulf
• Saudi Arabia and Sinai
• Mount Ararat

Photos of sites and terrain :

• Tepe Gawra - a typical tell - click on the photos for a larger picture
• Eridu - click on the photos for a larger picture
• Assur - click on the photos for a larger picture
• Nimrud - click on the photos for a larger picture
• Nineveh - click on the photos for a larger picture
• A modern Photo-tour of Babylon - follow the sequence of photos

other useful articles can be found by using Search Engines such as MSN, Dogpile, or AltaVista

This Week's Assignment

20 Questions - on a separate Web Page

Remember to cite your sources

Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then send it as an Attachment to, or pasted into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@mail2world.com.
Please use all 3 email addresses in case any of the maiboxes go down.