Ancient Egypt
Resources
For visits and for the classroom...
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.
A guide to the Egyptian galleries
Age 3–6, 7–11, 12–16, 16+
Early Egypt
Age 7–11
Life in ancient Egypt
Age 7–11
Mummies: Egyptian mummies
Age 7–11
Mummies: how were mummies made?
Age 7–11
Nebamun: what can you learn from an Egyptian tomb?
Age 7–11
Nebamun: literacy activities
Age 7–11
Ancient Nubia
Age 7–11
Learn more...
British Museum online
- Ancient Egypt
- Look around Nebamun's tomb
- Ancient Civilisations
- Young Explorers
- Young Explorers: Museum Explorer
- Explore the British Museum collection
Related galleries
Room 61 Ancient Egyptian life and death
Books
Teachers receive a 10% discount*. Quote teacher1112 in Museum shops or at the checkout online.
- A McDonald, The Ancient Egyptians: Their Lives and Their World
- John H Taylor, Egyptian Mummies
- Richard Parkinson, Hunefer and his Book of the Dead
- Delia Pemberton, Illustrated Atlas of Ancient Egypt
- Nigel Strudwick, Pocket Dictionary of Egyptian Mummies
- Nicholas Badcott, Pocket Explorer: African Civilizations
- Joyce Filer, Pocket Explorers: Ancient Egypt and the Nile
- Helen Strudwick, Pocket Timeline of Ancient Egypt
- Richard Parkinson, Pocket Guide to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Angela McDonald, The British Museum Pocket Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian animals
*Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.
School sessions 2011–12
Activities, workshops, talks...
Looking at Egyptian mummies
Age 7–11
Looking at Egyptian life
Age 7–11
Looking at the ancient Egyptian afterlife
Age 7–11