Teachers.netExplore Egypt
Pyramids, mummies, amulets, temples, and pharaohs—Explore Ancient Egypt! brings this fascinating civilization to young readers ages 6–9 with 25 hands-on projects, activities, and games. Kids learn about ancient Egyptian homes, food, money, toys, games, makeup, clothes, kings, mummies, and more.
Projects are easy-to-follow and require primarily common household products and minimal adult supervision. Activities range from making a scarab necklace to writing in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and making King Tut sandals. By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, facts, and comic cartoons, kids Explore Ancient Egypt! in this accessible introduction to an incredible, ancient world.
—School Library Journal June 2008
Six chapters with colorful titles begin with facts about the topic under several subheadings… the step-by-step directions are well written, and easy to follow..the activities are creative. The book is illustrated with humorous (but not realistic) black and white cartoon art …. It will be of interest to children and their teachers as well as homeschooling families.
Drawn in by such projects as mummified apples, hieroglyphs, colorful collar necklaces, and false beards made from toilet paper tubes, our tester families thought this book held nearly as much treasure as King Tut’s tomb. Simple black-and-white drawings illustrate the 25 activities, as well as the somewhat corny jokes and unusual facts scattered throughout. —Family Fun Magazine July/August 2008
Explore Ancient Egypt! will certainly intrigue readers and have them eagerly turning the pages to check out the next activity. The sidebars with information make excellent complements. —Calliope Magazine September 2008
Books
Hart, George (consulting editor). Discoveries: Ancient Egypt. San Francisco: Fog City Press, 2003.
Mertz, Barbara. Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, revised 1978.
Mertz, Barbara. Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, revised 1978.
Pemberton, Delia. The Atlas of Ancient Egypt. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. 2005.
Ryan, Donald P. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ancient Egypt. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002.
Shaw, Ian, and Paul Nicholson. The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., updated 2003.
Van Vleet, Carmella. Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself. White River Junction, Vermont: Nomad Press, 2006.
Want to read more? Try these books!
Ancient Egypt: Curious Kids Guides, Philip Steele (Kingfisher, 2002)
Ancient Egypt: DK Pockets (DK Publishing, 2003)
Ancient Egypt: Modern Rhymes About Ancient Times, Susan Altman (Children’s Press, 2002).
Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself, Carmella Van Vleet (Nomad Press, 2006).
If I Were a Kid in Ancient Egypt (Cobblestone Publishing, 2007).
Mummies Made in Egypt, Avi (HarperTrophy, 1985).
Mummies, Pyramids and Pharaohs: A Book About Ancient Egypt, Gail Gibbons (Little Brown Young Readers, 2004)
The 5,000-year-old Puzzle: Solving a Mystery of Ancient Egypt, Claudia Logan (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2002).
The Magic School Bus Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt, Joanna Cole. (Scholastic Press Inc., 2001).
You Wouldn’t Want to be a Pyramid Builder, Jacqueline Morley (Franklin Watts, 2004).
Websites
A to Z Kidstuff
Animal Mummies
British Museum – Ancient Egypt
CMA Kids: Egyptomania
Cybersleuth Kids: Ancient Civilizations
History for Kids – Ancient Egypt
Pyramids: The Inside Story
The Mystery of King Tut
Museums
Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, New York)
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)
Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angles, California)
Michael C. Carlos Museum (Atlanta, Georgia)
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Missouri)
Rosicrucian Egyptian and Oriental Museum (San Jose, California)
The Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio)
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)
University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, Virginia)
Alex Kim is a Cartoonist and Illustrator currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an MFA from The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont and a B. Arch from The Cooper Union in New York, NY.
See more of his work at: www.thebearhead.com
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