Looking at Egyptian mummies

Sessions in 2012
16 April
28 June
16, 19, 20 July

10.30–11.15
or 12.00–12.45


Age 7–11 (Key Stage 2)

Join with students from other schools in one of the Museum’s lecture theatres where a member of the schools team will use images and video to dispel some popular misconceptions about mummies, and to explore how studying them can help us understand more about ancient Egypt.

Bookings

£1 per student
Maximum group: 120

Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8181
tickets@britishmuseum.org

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Related resources

History
Ancient Egypt
Age 7–11

X-ray of a mummy

X-ray of a mummy of chest showing pectoral and amulets. © Photographic imagery courtesy of SGI.