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Let's Explore Egypt
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Name the bodies of water which touch Egypt.
Click on the area near the Med. Sea. What is this marshy area called?
Click on a palm tree. What is the fertile area in a desert called?
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/explore/fea.html
What lake was created with the building of the Aswan High Dam?
Which three countries border Egypt ?
Name the canal that connects the Med Sea and the Red Sea.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/explore/pol.html
- How are tourists harming the pyramids?
What would Dr. Hawass like to see happen to the Pyramids at Giza and Tut's tomb and why?
Find the answers at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/hawass.html -
Write three facts learned about present day Egypt.
Look for the answers at: http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/en/EgyptToday/Snapshots.aspx - A. Why was the practice of mummy making so important?
B. State FOUR cool facts about the mummy making process.
Find the answers at: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/mummies.htm
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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.unmuseum.org/mummy.htm
A. What was killed by a cobra? What did some think it meant?
B. What had caused King Tut's tomb not to have been found earlier? - http://www.guardians.net/egypt/giza1.htm
A.Explore the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx http://www.guardians.net/egypt/gp1.htm
A.Go INSIDE a pyramid! http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/rose10.html
A. Test your knowledge of Ancient Egypt with this quiz!
Activities:
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/index.html
Lots of information on mummy making and religion. Draw a mummy coffin. Place your name in hieroglyphics on the coffin
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/hieroglyph/hieroglyph4.html
Try and decode the message in hieroglyphics.
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html
Learn about a cartouche.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Tour the British Museum on line
http://www.gailhennessey.com
Download the free To Tell the Truth play on King Tut to use with your students.
http://www.unc.edu/~rwilkers/resource-egypt.htm
Read the Egyptian story of Cinderella (Rhodopis)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/egypt/king-tuts-tomb.html See a great video on King Tut
HELPFUL SITES!
http://www.guardians.net/egypt
SUPER SITE ON ALL THINGS EGYPTIANS
http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/en/FunCorner/FunCorner.aspx
Recipes, coloring pictures, stories and more!
Although I have tried to review each link, please check the site to see if it is appropriate for your grade level. Also, please monitor that students stay at the link. Should you find something questionable, please let me know. Thanks!