- Egyption History - Past & Present
List TWO holidays of present day Egypt and give one fact for each holiday.
- Egyption History - Past & Present
List THREE facts about the country of Egypt.
- Egyption History - Past & Present
Look at FOUR of the artifacts on display and draw a picture of one of
them.
- Smithsonian Facts about Mummies
A. Why was the practice of mummy making so important?
B. State FOUR cool facts about the mummy making process.
- http://www.guardians.net/egypt
(On the left, click on KIDS SECTION and then scroll down to Rosetta Stone)
A. Look at the Rosetta Stone. What is so interesting about the messages on
the stone?
B. Who decoded the message on the stone?
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/index.html
A. Look at the 1923 issue on Tut’s Tomb. Click on Dispatches and read the
first person account of one of the correspondents who entered the tomb.
B. Why do you think he should not have done this?
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/hieroglyph/hieroglyph4.html
Try and decode the message in hieroglyphics.
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/hawass.html
A. How are tourists harming the pyramids?
B. What would Dr. Hawass like to see happen to the Pyramids at Giza and
Tut’s tomb and why?