Ancient Egyptian Museum Project

Over the past couple weeks we have been learning about Ancient Egypt and creating a museum in a group. We made a coffin for an American girl doll with a sphinx head, two posters about ancient Egypt government and writing, a Keynote and plastic food about Egypt’s food, instruments such as the flute or the rattle, and blocks for them to try to build their own temple or pyramid. My favorite part would probably have to be creating the coffin and wrapping the “mummy”. I learned their interesting way of mummifying a dead person. They put a metal pick in their nose and rattle it around so the brain breaks into little pieces and they pull it out through the nose. Then they take out different organs and put them in certain jars with certain caps. They stuff them with salt for 30 days and then take it out. They then stuff the person with linen. They wrap the mummy with linen also. They put it in a box with a sphinx head on it. They box has eyes drawn on so that the person can “see” the afterlife. I learned that I like to work in groups rather than by myself.

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