Year 2 Summer Topic

The Egyptians

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Read...
Look out for these books in your classroom, the Imagination Room or at Brierfield Library!  

Key words...​

Ancient Egyptians
Egyptologist
hieroglyphics
Howard Carter
mummification
pharaoh
pyramid
River Nile
tomb
Tutankhamun

Fun facts...

  • The afterlife was incredibly important to the Egyptians.  They believed that by preserving a dead person’s body through the process of mummification – their soul would live on in the after-life forever.

  • Unwrapped, the bandages of an Ancient Egyptian mummy could stretch for a mile.

  • Tutankhamun became Pharaoh when he was about nine years old.

  • The Egyptian alphabet contained more than 700 hieroglyphs.

  • The Ancient Egyptians invented lots of things we still use today, such as paper, pens, locks and keys and believe it or not toothpaste!

Explore...

Learn about Ancient Egypt by watching this BBC Bitesize video.
Watch the Go Jetters visit the pyramids of Giza on BBC iPlayer*
*TV License required
You can earn a Children's University certificate by visiting the University of Manchester website and having a go at these Egyptian activities.
Play "Escape from the Mummy's Tomb" on the Liverpool Museums website.
*This online game requires Flash Player 8 or later. 

Visit...
The Egyptology Collection at Bolton Museum - Bolton
Ancient Egypt Gallery at World Museum - Liverpool

Do...

  • Write your name or a secret message using Egyptian hieroglyphics.

  • Mummify yourself, a friend or a toy doll using toilet paper.  Make sure you ask an adult for permission first!

  • Decorate a toilet roll tube to create an Egyptian cat mummy!

In school...

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Class Novel - The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo