Journey to the Afterlife- Ancient Egypt trail
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Journey to the Afterlife The Mummy Room Mummy of a child The ancient Egyptians believed that when a person died they would live in an ‘afterlife’ forever. Their body was mummified to preserve and protect it. Their tombs were also filled with things to help them along their way. Follow the lion to complete the trail. 1 a b F o l l o w m e ! In the past mummies were unwrapped to find out what was inside them. Nowadays we x ¯ ray mummies so that we don’t damage them. Find the mummy of a child ¯ it is a boy, about two years old, wrapped in linen bandages. Which one is of the boy? The other x ¯ ray is of an animal that was very common in Egypt. Which animal is it? Look at its head for clues. Look at these x ¯ rays
Transcript of Journey to the Afterlife- Ancient Egypt trail
Journey to the Afterlife
The Mummy Room
Mummy of a child
The ancient Egyptians believed that when a person died they would live in an ‘afterlife’ forever. Their body was mummified to preserve and protect it. Their tombs were also filled with things to help them along their way.Follow the lion to complete the trail.
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In the past mummies were unwrapped to find out what was inside them.Nowadays we x¯ray mummies so that we don’t damage them.Find the mummy of a child ¯ it is a boy, about two years old, wrapped in linen bandages.
Which one is of the boy?
The other x¯ray is of an animal that was very common in Egypt. Which animal is it? Look at its head for clues.
Look at these x¯rays
When preparing the body for mummification, some organs were removed then stored in canopic jars. They used four jars and each one had a different animal head.
Can you match which organ goes inside which jar above?Draw a line to join them together.
Which animal head does each jar have? Fill in the blanks to spell the word.
Canopic Jars of Wah¯hor2
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B a _ o _ n
H u _ a _
F a l _ o _
Liver Lungs Intestines Stomach
Mummy of Padiamun4
There are two mummies in the case called Padiamun.Find the one showing a small part of his body unwrapped. Look at him carefully to find out if these sentences are true or false. Put T for true and F for false in the box.
His left leg has been unwrapped
A surgical scoop was left inside the skull
His face is thin because it has been dried out with salt to preserve it
A scarab beetle was placed inside his stomach
His face is black because the glue (resin) used to stick the bandages together has dyed his skin.
Ancient Egyptians placed a scarab beetle on the heart of a mummy to help it enter the Afterlife.
Can you find this scarab beetle and finish the drawing below?
Funerary Scarab5
Ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as humans. They gave animal mummies as gifts to the gods in the hope that the gods would help them.
Find this mummy in the animal mummies case.
Which animal is it?
In this case there are many different animal mummies. Which animals are they? Can you find them in this word search? There are five in total.
What is an amulet?
How many scarab beetle amulets are there?
Find the finger amulet. How many fingers does it have?
Work out this sum: Total number of amulets - animal amulets =
People were buried with things that were important to them. What would you like to keep with you for eternity? Look at these objects placed in tombs
Gifts for the Gods
Amulets for the Mummy
Workers for the Afterlife
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