Egyptian Hieroglyphics Project
Tomb of Sesostris
This is a project you can do inside the classroom, or on a rainy day.
Show the children examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Explain that they are pictograms (More on hieroglyphs). Point out that some of the hieroglyphs are inside ovals, called cartouches (car-TOOSH). These are people’s names.
Invite the children to create their own pictograms in cartouches for their own names. These could include pictures that describe them, like maybe a pictogram of a soccer player, or pictures that tell what their name means, or that sound like their name. They could paint these designs on paper, or carve them into a bar of soap.
If you choose the soap route, you might explain how the Egyptians sometimes carved away the background of their pictures (as in the illustration here) and sometimes carved out the figures instead. Which do they want to do? Which would be easier? (More on Egyptian carving).
Other activities:
* Making papyrus
* Hieroglyphics
* Imagining the Afterlife
* Making a Shaduf
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