Ancient Egypt at KS2
The Museum holds the largest collection of Egyptian objects
outside Egypt. Highlights include the Rosetta stone, a 5,000 year
old sand-dried mummy, wall paintings from Nebamun’s tomb and
sculptures of Ramesses II.
Resources for visits
Early Egypt
What was life and death like for the early
Egyptians?
Download: Word
(612kb)
pdf (211kb)
Life in ancient Egypt
What did the Egyptians play with, eat and wear?
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(687kb)
pdf
(252kb)
Symbols of the pharaoh
Be a symbol detective and decode scarabs, cartouches and
sculptures of Ramesses II.
Download: Word
(615kb)
Mummification
A closer look at the materials, techniques, rituals and beliefs
of mummification.
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(620kb)
pdf
(300kb)
Nubia
Discover the ancient civilization of Nubia (Sudan) and
compare the cultures of Nubia and ancient Egypt.
Download: Word
(1543kb)
pdf (467kb)
A general guide to the galleries
A room by room guide to what’s in the Egyptian galleries.
Download: pdf (57kb)
Please note, Room 61: Egyptian Life will be closed until November
2008.
Classroom resources
Classroom pack
Nebamun goes hunting
Literacy activities based on New Kingdom Egyptian wall
paintings.
Download classroom pack: pdf (887kb)
Support
notes: ppt
(5023kb)
Posters A4: pdf
(75kb)
A3: pdf
(439kb)
Presentations
Easy to use, self-contained slideshows
The history of mummification
From sand-dried bodies to Roman mummy boards, follow the history
of mummification.
Download: ppt
(990kb)
How to make a mummy
Follow the mummification process step by step.
Download: ppt (983kb)
Reading a papyrus
Learn how to decode ancient Egyptian documents.
Download: ppt
(797kb)
Online resources
For teachers. Discover more about the Museum's collection. Find
detailed information, articles and images of many objects from the
Egyptian galleries.
Online tours
Self-contained journeys through areas of the Egyptian
collection
Travel through the many layers of the mummy of Nesperennub. What
secrets is he hiding?
Cats, jackals, baboons, calves, eels..
Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify so many animals?
British Museum websites
Ancient Egypt
www.ancientegypt.co.uk
Explore temples and pyramids, make sense of hieroglyphs, unwrap
the mysteries of mummification and learn about ancient Egyptian
gods.
Make connections between civilizations. To find Egypt select the
globe icon, then choose 'Egypt' from the list.
Other useful websites
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian
Archaeology
I read
it in the Book of the Dead - for KS2 students, produced by
Chicago schools
Useful books
For students aged between 7 and 11
A MacDonald, The British
Museum Pocket Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian animals (The
British Museum Press, 2004)
A McDonald, The
Ancient Egyptians: Their Lives and Their
World (The British Museum Press)
R Parkinson, Pocket guide
to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs (The British Museum Press,
2003)
N Strudwick, Pocket
Dictionary of Egyptian Mummies (The British Museum Press)
H Strudwick, Pocket
Timeline of Ancient Egypt (The British Museum Press)
D Pemberton, Egyptian
Mummies (The British Museum Press)
M Hooper, The Tomb of
Nebamun: Explore an ancient Egyptian
tomb (The British Museum Press)
D Pemberton, Illustrated
Atlas of Ancient Egypt (The British Museum Press)
D Pemberton and Geraldine Harris, The British
Museum Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egypt (The British
Museum Press, 1999)
J Filer, Pocket
Explorers: Ancient Egypt and the Nile (The British Museum
Press)
J Filer, Pyramids and
People in Ancient Egypt (The British Museum Press)
For adults and teachers
TGH James, The British
Museum Concise Introduction -Ancient Egypt (The British Museum
Press, 2005)
G Hart, Egyptian Myths (The British Museum
Press, 1990)
C Andrews, Egyptian
Mummies (The British Museum Press, 1984)
I Shaw and P Nicholson, The British Museum Dictionary of
Ancient Egypt (The British Museum Press, 1995)
All of these books can be purchased online, at the Museum shop
or at many bookshops.
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