15 thoughts on “A fun start to our Egyptian topic!”
About the Egyptian workshop
On the 10th of January 2020 a lady called Catherine from the Epping history museum came to teach us about the Egyptians. Firstly, she asked us about who would have been buried in the pyramids. Then she said that there were grave robbers robbing the graves. Therefore, the Egyptians hid one of their most important pharaoh, Tutankhamun in the valley of the kings, wherein the only way in was by a door.
Catherine brought along a small pyramid with valuables inside. But there was no body in the pyramid. So she gave each pair of students an object from the pyramid and we were asked to guess what it was. Our (Mine and Sachins’s) one was quite obvious, it was cat. After 5 minutes she handed out a card to everyone that had their object and some facts about it. On our card, it said that the cat is a statue of Baset the goddess who took the form of a cat. The card read that cats were highly priced in Egypt because they ate all the rats which ate the grains stored to make bread. Plus, woman when they were buried in the pyramids chose to take Baset with them because she would protect them.
So we looked at the chart and out of men, women, boys and girls, the column for women was the only one which had no crosses, that meant that the person buried inside the pyramid was a woman. I enjoyed learning about the Egyptians and I also learned a lot during my first lesson about the Egyptians.
We were learning about Egyptian tombs and identifying the gender of who was buried by the objects in the tomb and whether they were a man,women,boy or girl. My object was a scarab beetle and the Egyptians thought that when the sun went down the sun would die and when the sun rose again it was reborn and a dung beetle rolled the dung away and came back it was like the sun and thought that it would give them a better chance of going to the after life and be seen as a mini god.
On Friday 10th January we had a history workshop with someone called Catherine. First she opened a pyramid which had lots of Egyptian artefacts inside. She told us we had to work out whether the Pharaoh buried in there was a male or female, adult or child. The way she told us to investigate this was to look at the items and see whether this would have been used by a adult/child, male or female. She gave me and my partner Noah a hair comb. We found out that everyone would have a hair comb in the Encryption times. At the end when all of the objects had been checked we found out the person inside the pyramid was a lady Pharaoh. It was a great workshop where everybody had fun.
On the 10th of January 2020 Catherine came in to speak to us about the Egyptians. The Egyptians are very interesting because they have these wonderful structured pyramids. Orlando and I were looking at the wooden dolls and toys. We both thought that boys and girls would use them until Catherine explained why boys wouldn’t use them and that the girls would take them in their tomb when they die. The toys had so much detail. It was interesting to see the colours they used and how beautifully hand crafted they really were.
On Friday 10th January, 4R took part in a very interesting Egyptian Workshop, where we saw many replica Egyptian artefacts from a pretend tomb. We were split into pairs and each pair studied one of the artefacts.
I worked with Ebrahim and we studied an artefact called a Make-up Knife. We held it in our hands and looked at it very closely. The knife was brown and shiny and was probably made from metal. One end of the knife was like the sharp end of a modern dinner knife, but the other end was decorated in the shape of a goat, with a long horn. Overall the knife was about 10cm long and was quite pretty, although not beautiful.
The lady who ran the Workshop, Catherine, told us that the knife was used by the Egyptians to put on their make-up. Both men and women wore make-up, including eyeliner, eyeshadow, lipstick and rouge. The Egyptians liked to look good and so they regularly bathed and used make-up and perfume. The Egyptian gods are regularly shown wearing eye make-up and cosmetics are one of the most common items placed in the Egyptian tomb of men, women and children.
At the end of the Workshop, Ebrahim and I stood up and told the class all about our artefact and who we thought the artefact belonged to. Our conclusion was that the knife belonged to either an Egyptian man or woman. We didn’t think that it belonged to a child because we didn’t think that children wore make-up.
Overall, I really enjoyed the Workshop because we got to see many interesting artefacts which gave me a better idea of what it would have been like to live during the Egyptian times.
Egyptian workshop
On Friday 10th January we had a workshop where a lady called Catherine came to talk to us about the ancient Egyptians. I was paired up with Zac and we got a small metal artefact. We were told to try and understand the artefact and who might have used it (Man, Woman, Boy or Girl). Zac and I thought our artefact was a knife which could have been used by everyone. Later we found out that our artefact was actually a hair curler used by men and women. It was very unfortunate for me and Zac that there was a missing piece to our hair curler. We were then explained how the curler works. The curler would have to be heated up to work and as it was very small it would been very boring to sit and wait until the hair was curled, but as the ancient Egyptians wore wigs their servants would curl it and have it ready for them.
Some of the other artefacts I really enjoyed were Canopic jars, necklace and the Menat. I really enjoyed learning all about Ancient Egyptian artefacts.
On Friday, we did a workshop to find out which Egyptian lived in a tomb, using a series of clues.
The workshop was organised by a lady called Catherine, from Epping Forest Museum. She began by placing a cardboard copy of an ancient tomb on the desk at the front of the room. It was pyramid shape and had bricks painted on it.
We got into pairs and were each given an object, which was a clue. I was paired with Zachary and we got a hairbrush. It was made of iron and had ducks on it. The ducks represented the sun, according to the Egyptology handbook.
The brush could’ve been used by a boy, girl, man or woman so was not at all useful in deciding who the tomb belonged to.
My classmates got other clues which were much more interesting.
They included canopic jars. These were used by ancient Egyptians to hold mummified remains, such as human organs which were removed from the body after death!
Another group was given dolls. Egyptians believed that when you went into the afterlife, you could choose which age you came back at. Most people would choose to come back when they were young so the dolls were to play with. This suggested the tomb belonged to a girl or a woman.
Once we had looked at all the objects, we found out the tomb had belonged to a woman. We did not find out her name.
On Friday the 10.01.2020 Catherine from Epping history Museum came to our school to tell us about the ancient Egyptian. She brought a pyramid with a few objects. She gave each group one object to inspect for 5 minutes and to identify what that object been used for. Me and my partner (Zane) had an object, estimated 10cm. we had to read 3 paragraph of information about that object and then guess what that object was used for and then we guessed that it was a make-up knife and the make-up knife were used to make fine lines around the eyes (like today’s eye liner). It was very interesting to know that, In ancient Egypt, the makeup was used to protect the skin from the sun and both men and women wore make up. We also tried to solve who was buried in that pyramid. Concluding all groups investigations, it looked like a woman was buried in that pyramid. I really enjoyed it.
On the 10th of January a lady called Catherine from the Epping Museum came in to talk to us about the Egyptians. She came in with a cardboard pyramid with some of the things the Kings, Queens, Boys and Girls would have in their tomb. We had to figure out which belonging would be in who’s tomb. Everyone had a guess after we saw some of the items in the pyramid and most of us thought it was a girl. I was in a group with Myles and James. James and I had Scarab beetles also known as dung beetles. Myles had an Ushabti. The Scarab beetles were bugs and all of us thought the Ushabti was a pharaoh. We were wrong in our thoughts of what a Ushbati was as they were slaves. The Egyptians thought that if they saw a Scarab beetle hatch out of its egg they would have life after death. Some of the other items they would have in their tomb were a hairbrush, necklace and one of their toys that they have had since they were very young. We found out that all of these belongings would be in girls tombs although some of these belongings might be in a boys tomb as well.
On Friday the 10th of January Catherine from the Epping History Museum gave us a talk about the Egyptions. We were all split into pairs and we were given objects called Artifacts. I was given an object called an Anubis Jackal. I was really pleased about this because I love dogs .The Anubis Jackal was one of the oldest Egyption God’s. One of his main jobs was that he was the lord of mummy wrapping which is called mummification. For the ancient Egyptions the Jackal was one of the most important God’s because the Egyptions put alot of there faith in the mummification job.This made sure when things were buried they reached the after life because they were wrapped really well and preserved. Out of all the objects handed out this was my favourite.
On Friday we had an Egyptian workshop Catherine ran it. She had a model of a pyramid and inside were replicas of artefacts but no body or hieroglyphics. We worked in pairs to try and work out what the replicas were. I was with Louis. The object we had looked like it was made from copper, it had strings on either side. It was about the 10cm long and about 5cm wide, it was flat and shaped like a long oval. First me and Louis thought it might be a necklace, because of the strings. Then we thought it may have been an instrument because when we held the strings and tapped it on the table it made a peculiar noise. It wasn’t completely flat, near the bottom was a little bump. It also had carvings on it that went all the way through so there were holes in it. Me and Louis just couldn’t workout what the holes were. The carvings made a picture of a figure, we thought that either this was the person who’s tomb it was or a god. then we got answer sheet’s ours was called the ‘menat’. It went with artefact that the pair next to us (Zain and Matthew) had. They had the bead necklace ours was the weight to make sure the bead necklace didn’t fall down your chest. The pictures were of the goddess Isis the goddess of motherhood which means it was for a woman or a girl. We found out the person in the tomb was a woman. I really enjoyed it.
On Friday the 10th of January, Catherine – a staff member from the Epping History Museum – came to our class to teach us about Egyptian history. The objective of the lesson was to find out who was buried in the model pyramid that she had brought into our school.
Each pupil was asked to work with the boy sitting next to them and to examine the artefacts that they were given. My partner, Rishi, and I were given what we thought was a knife. In fact, we learnt it was a hair curler with one part missing. Then we explained to our class what it was and that both men and women would use the hair curler. Today, men do not typically use hair curlers, but in Egyptian times men wore wigs and used the curlers to make themselves look more attractive because they believed they had a better chance of getting into heaven in their afterlife if they looked attractive.
I think it was a great session as I did not have a deep knowledge of the Egyptians before the lesson, but really enjoyed learning about them with Catherine.
On Friday 10th January a lady called Catherine came to teach 4R about our new topic, the Egyptians. Catherine came from the Epping History museum which is at the edge of London.
First she split us into groups, then she gave us artefacts of different things. I was given a sculpture of an Egyptian servant.
In those days servants were put inside the pyramids alive with the dead bodies of the rich Egyptians they served. After a while this practice was changed and was replaced with sculptures of the servants. As they believed the sculptures could come to life in the afterlife.
All children had one plait of hair called the hair of youth. When they were adults the plait of hair was cut off and they wore wigs for the rest of their lives. They thought that wigs were easier to curl and comb the adults hair.
We then learnt that men and women both wore wigs and makeup to look pretty and nice.
Women and girls believed they could start a new life and wanted toys and dolls in their pyramid or tomb.
I liked the first Egyptian lesson because it was an active one and because it was fun to learn.
On the 10th of January 2020 Catherine from the Epping Forest History Museum came to run a workshop teaching us all about the Egyptians. She put us in pairs and I was paired with Matthew C. The artefact we were given to look at was a Necklace. Egyptians were quite fashionable, both men and women wore detailed jewellery. When an Egyptian wore our necklace, they would have also needed to have used a Menat to weigh it down to stop it from falling off. Matthew T and Louis had the Menat which would of gone with our necklace. I found the talk very interesting, especially seeing the dog statue (which represented the Egyptian God Anubis) and cat statue (which represented the Egyptian God Bastet).
To introduce our new, exciting topic about the Egyptians, we were visited by a lady called Catherine.
Firstly, we were given the special job of being explorers as we had to do some careful observing. Inside a cardboard recreation of the Pyramids in Egypt (the real one was too big for the car!) there were many different artefacts. My partner and I quickly got to work looking at our given object. To begin with, I thought it was a necklace because it was a small, copper statue attached to a string. But then, when we were given more information, I later found out that it was a weight for a necklace. This used to be used to stop the necklace from falling down the chest.
Also hidden inside the pyramid, there were small pots and toys. Some of the pots were canopic jars, which had blue paint and were in the shape of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Catherine explained that when the Egyptians died, the important organs were pulled out and placed inside the canopic jars. Surprisingly, the brain was pulled out through the nose with a hook then thrown in the bin! 2 toys were made out of wood; 1 was a snake and the other was a rattle. We recorded all of our observations carefully.
Using all of the clues and the data we recorded on the chart, we found that the owner of the objects was a woman. I enjoyed this activity so much and I learnt a lot of new facts. I hope that Catherine comes back again soon!
Louis
About the Egyptian workshop
On the 10th of January 2020 a lady called Catherine from the Epping history museum came to teach us about the Egyptians. Firstly, she asked us about who would have been buried in the pyramids. Then she said that there were grave robbers robbing the graves. Therefore, the Egyptians hid one of their most important pharaoh, Tutankhamun in the valley of the kings, wherein the only way in was by a door.
Catherine brought along a small pyramid with valuables inside. But there was no body in the pyramid. So she gave each pair of students an object from the pyramid and we were asked to guess what it was. Our (Mine and Sachins’s) one was quite obvious, it was cat. After 5 minutes she handed out a card to everyone that had their object and some facts about it. On our card, it said that the cat is a statue of Baset the goddess who took the form of a cat. The card read that cats were highly priced in Egypt because they ate all the rats which ate the grains stored to make bread. Plus, woman when they were buried in the pyramids chose to take Baset with them because she would protect them.
So we looked at the chart and out of men, women, boys and girls, the column for women was the only one which had no crosses, that meant that the person buried inside the pyramid was a woman. I enjoyed learning about the Egyptians and I also learned a lot during my first lesson about the Egyptians.
We were learning about Egyptian tombs and identifying the gender of who was buried by the objects in the tomb and whether they were a man,women,boy or girl. My object was a scarab beetle and the Egyptians thought that when the sun went down the sun would die and when the sun rose again it was reborn and a dung beetle rolled the dung away and came back it was like the sun and thought that it would give them a better chance of going to the after life and be seen as a mini god.
On Friday 10th January we had a history workshop with someone called Catherine. First she opened a pyramid which had lots of Egyptian artefacts inside. She told us we had to work out whether the Pharaoh buried in there was a male or female, adult or child. The way she told us to investigate this was to look at the items and see whether this would have been used by a adult/child, male or female. She gave me and my partner Noah a hair comb. We found out that everyone would have a hair comb in the Encryption times. At the end when all of the objects had been checked we found out the person inside the pyramid was a lady Pharaoh. It was a great workshop where everybody had fun.
On the 10th of January 2020 Catherine came in to speak to us about the Egyptians. The Egyptians are very interesting because they have these wonderful structured pyramids. Orlando and I were looking at the wooden dolls and toys. We both thought that boys and girls would use them until Catherine explained why boys wouldn’t use them and that the girls would take them in their tomb when they die. The toys had so much detail. It was interesting to see the colours they used and how beautifully hand crafted they really were.
On Friday 10th January, 4R took part in a very interesting Egyptian Workshop, where we saw many replica Egyptian artefacts from a pretend tomb. We were split into pairs and each pair studied one of the artefacts.
I worked with Ebrahim and we studied an artefact called a Make-up Knife. We held it in our hands and looked at it very closely. The knife was brown and shiny and was probably made from metal. One end of the knife was like the sharp end of a modern dinner knife, but the other end was decorated in the shape of a goat, with a long horn. Overall the knife was about 10cm long and was quite pretty, although not beautiful.
The lady who ran the Workshop, Catherine, told us that the knife was used by the Egyptians to put on their make-up. Both men and women wore make-up, including eyeliner, eyeshadow, lipstick and rouge. The Egyptians liked to look good and so they regularly bathed and used make-up and perfume. The Egyptian gods are regularly shown wearing eye make-up and cosmetics are one of the most common items placed in the Egyptian tomb of men, women and children.
At the end of the Workshop, Ebrahim and I stood up and told the class all about our artefact and who we thought the artefact belonged to. Our conclusion was that the knife belonged to either an Egyptian man or woman. We didn’t think that it belonged to a child because we didn’t think that children wore make-up.
Overall, I really enjoyed the Workshop because we got to see many interesting artefacts which gave me a better idea of what it would have been like to live during the Egyptian times.
Egyptian workshop
On Friday 10th January we had a workshop where a lady called Catherine came to talk to us about the ancient Egyptians. I was paired up with Zac and we got a small metal artefact. We were told to try and understand the artefact and who might have used it (Man, Woman, Boy or Girl). Zac and I thought our artefact was a knife which could have been used by everyone. Later we found out that our artefact was actually a hair curler used by men and women. It was very unfortunate for me and Zac that there was a missing piece to our hair curler. We were then explained how the curler works. The curler would have to be heated up to work and as it was very small it would been very boring to sit and wait until the hair was curled, but as the ancient Egyptians wore wigs their servants would curl it and have it ready for them.
Some of the other artefacts I really enjoyed were Canopic jars, necklace and the Menat. I really enjoyed learning all about Ancient Egyptian artefacts.
Egyptian workshop
On Friday, we did a workshop to find out which Egyptian lived in a tomb, using a series of clues.
The workshop was organised by a lady called Catherine, from Epping Forest Museum. She began by placing a cardboard copy of an ancient tomb on the desk at the front of the room. It was pyramid shape and had bricks painted on it.
We got into pairs and were each given an object, which was a clue. I was paired with Zachary and we got a hairbrush. It was made of iron and had ducks on it. The ducks represented the sun, according to the Egyptology handbook.
The brush could’ve been used by a boy, girl, man or woman so was not at all useful in deciding who the tomb belonged to.
My classmates got other clues which were much more interesting.
They included canopic jars. These were used by ancient Egyptians to hold mummified remains, such as human organs which were removed from the body after death!
Another group was given dolls. Egyptians believed that when you went into the afterlife, you could choose which age you came back at. Most people would choose to come back when they were young so the dolls were to play with. This suggested the tomb belonged to a girl or a woman.
Once we had looked at all the objects, we found out the tomb had belonged to a woman. We did not find out her name.
I enjoyed the workshop. We had a really fun time.
By Noah
On Friday the 10.01.2020 Catherine from Epping history Museum came to our school to tell us about the ancient Egyptian. She brought a pyramid with a few objects. She gave each group one object to inspect for 5 minutes and to identify what that object been used for. Me and my partner (Zane) had an object, estimated 10cm. we had to read 3 paragraph of information about that object and then guess what that object was used for and then we guessed that it was a make-up knife and the make-up knife were used to make fine lines around the eyes (like today’s eye liner). It was very interesting to know that, In ancient Egypt, the makeup was used to protect the skin from the sun and both men and women wore make up. We also tried to solve who was buried in that pyramid. Concluding all groups investigations, it looked like a woman was buried in that pyramid. I really enjoyed it.
On the 10th of January a lady called Catherine from the Epping Museum came in to talk to us about the Egyptians. She came in with a cardboard pyramid with some of the things the Kings, Queens, Boys and Girls would have in their tomb. We had to figure out which belonging would be in who’s tomb. Everyone had a guess after we saw some of the items in the pyramid and most of us thought it was a girl. I was in a group with Myles and James. James and I had Scarab beetles also known as dung beetles. Myles had an Ushabti. The Scarab beetles were bugs and all of us thought the Ushabti was a pharaoh. We were wrong in our thoughts of what a Ushbati was as they were slaves. The Egyptians thought that if they saw a Scarab beetle hatch out of its egg they would have life after death. Some of the other items they would have in their tomb were a hairbrush, necklace and one of their toys that they have had since they were very young. We found out that all of these belongings would be in girls tombs although some of these belongings might be in a boys tomb as well.
Rayaan Alibhai 4R
On Friday the 10th of January Catherine from the Epping History Museum gave us a talk about the Egyptions. We were all split into pairs and we were given objects called Artifacts. I was given an object called an Anubis Jackal. I was really pleased about this because I love dogs .The Anubis Jackal was one of the oldest Egyption God’s. One of his main jobs was that he was the lord of mummy wrapping which is called mummification. For the ancient Egyptions the Jackal was one of the most important God’s because the Egyptions put alot of there faith in the mummification job.This made sure when things were buried they reached the after life because they were wrapped really well and preserved. Out of all the objects handed out this was my favourite.
Egyptian workshop
On Friday we had an Egyptian workshop Catherine ran it. She had a model of a pyramid and inside were replicas of artefacts but no body or hieroglyphics. We worked in pairs to try and work out what the replicas were. I was with Louis. The object we had looked like it was made from copper, it had strings on either side. It was about the 10cm long and about 5cm wide, it was flat and shaped like a long oval. First me and Louis thought it might be a necklace, because of the strings. Then we thought it may have been an instrument because when we held the strings and tapped it on the table it made a peculiar noise. It wasn’t completely flat, near the bottom was a little bump. It also had carvings on it that went all the way through so there were holes in it. Me and Louis just couldn’t workout what the holes were. The carvings made a picture of a figure, we thought that either this was the person who’s tomb it was or a god. then we got answer sheet’s ours was called the ‘menat’. It went with artefact that the pair next to us (Zain and Matthew) had. They had the bead necklace ours was the weight to make sure the bead necklace didn’t fall down your chest. The pictures were of the goddess Isis the goddess of motherhood which means it was for a woman or a girl. We found out the person in the tomb was a woman. I really enjoyed it.
Egyptian Homework
Zac N
On Friday the 10th of January, Catherine – a staff member from the Epping History Museum – came to our class to teach us about Egyptian history. The objective of the lesson was to find out who was buried in the model pyramid that she had brought into our school.
Each pupil was asked to work with the boy sitting next to them and to examine the artefacts that they were given. My partner, Rishi, and I were given what we thought was a knife. In fact, we learnt it was a hair curler with one part missing. Then we explained to our class what it was and that both men and women would use the hair curler. Today, men do not typically use hair curlers, but in Egyptian times men wore wigs and used the curlers to make themselves look more attractive because they believed they had a better chance of getting into heaven in their afterlife if they looked attractive.
I think it was a great session as I did not have a deep knowledge of the Egyptians before the lesson, but really enjoyed learning about them with Catherine.
On Friday 10th January a lady called Catherine came to teach 4R about our new topic, the Egyptians. Catherine came from the Epping History museum which is at the edge of London.
First she split us into groups, then she gave us artefacts of different things. I was given a sculpture of an Egyptian servant.
In those days servants were put inside the pyramids alive with the dead bodies of the rich Egyptians they served. After a while this practice was changed and was replaced with sculptures of the servants. As they believed the sculptures could come to life in the afterlife.
All children had one plait of hair called the hair of youth. When they were adults the plait of hair was cut off and they wore wigs for the rest of their lives. They thought that wigs were easier to curl and comb the adults hair.
We then learnt that men and women both wore wigs and makeup to look pretty and nice.
Women and girls believed they could start a new life and wanted toys and dolls in their pyramid or tomb.
I liked the first Egyptian lesson because it was an active one and because it was fun to learn.
On the 10th of January 2020 Catherine from the Epping Forest History Museum came to run a workshop teaching us all about the Egyptians. She put us in pairs and I was paired with Matthew C. The artefact we were given to look at was a Necklace. Egyptians were quite fashionable, both men and women wore detailed jewellery. When an Egyptian wore our necklace, they would have also needed to have used a Menat to weigh it down to stop it from falling off. Matthew T and Louis had the Menat which would of gone with our necklace. I found the talk very interesting, especially seeing the dog statue (which represented the Egyptian God Anubis) and cat statue (which represented the Egyptian God Bastet).
To introduce our new, exciting topic about the Egyptians, we were visited by a lady called Catherine.
Firstly, we were given the special job of being explorers as we had to do some careful observing. Inside a cardboard recreation of the Pyramids in Egypt (the real one was too big for the car!) there were many different artefacts. My partner and I quickly got to work looking at our given object. To begin with, I thought it was a necklace because it was a small, copper statue attached to a string. But then, when we were given more information, I later found out that it was a weight for a necklace. This used to be used to stop the necklace from falling down the chest.
Also hidden inside the pyramid, there were small pots and toys. Some of the pots were canopic jars, which had blue paint and were in the shape of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Catherine explained that when the Egyptians died, the important organs were pulled out and placed inside the canopic jars. Surprisingly, the brain was pulled out through the nose with a hook then thrown in the bin! 2 toys were made out of wood; 1 was a snake and the other was a rattle. We recorded all of our observations carefully.
Using all of the clues and the data we recorded on the chart, we found that the owner of the objects was a woman. I enjoyed this activity so much and I learnt a lot of new facts. I hope that Catherine comes back again soon!
Louis