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History at Key Stage 2 Unit 10
What can we find out about ancient Egypt from
what has survived?
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
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What do we already know about ancient Egypt?
Egypt is a country in North Africa. Click on the
map to have a closer look.
Egypt
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What can we learn about ancient Egypt from one
object? Choose an object or a picture of an
object to study. What things do you need to
think about?
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What does the landscape tell us about what life
might have been like in Ancient Egypt?
What features can you see that would make life
easy?
What features can you see that would make life
difficult?
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What objects survive from the time of the ancient
Egyptians?
Here are some objects found in Egyptian tombs
make-up container
amulet
necklace
mirror
statue
playing pieces
headrest
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What do objects that have survived tell us about
ancient Egypt?
This statue is called a Shabti. The Egyptians put
them in tombs. They believed the Shabtis would
help the dead person on their journey to the
afterlife.
The Egyptians loved jewellery. This necklace is
made from clay beads. Richer people would have
jewellery made from bronze, silver or gold.
The Egyptians used mirrors which were made of
bronze. The bronze was hammered flat and then
polished to make it reflective.
These playing pieces are from a board game called
Senet which was played by Egyptians.
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What do objects that have survived tell us about
ancient Egypt?
Amulets were small carvings which represented
various gods. This one represents Horus.
Egyptians believed that the amulets would protect
them against evil spirits.
This is an Egyptian make-up pot. Both men and
women wore lots of make-up. As well as decorating
their face, it would also protect their skin from
the sun.
This is a wooden head-rest. It would usually have
a cloth pad on the top to make it more
comfortable. These were used instead of pillows.
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What did the ancient Egyptians believe about life
after death? The Egyptians believed that after
death, if you had been a good person, you went to
another place and continued your life. This is
why it was important that when a person died, all
his belongings were buried with him, so he could
use them in the afterlife. Egyptians also
believed that the persons body should be
preserved, as they would need it in the
afterlife. Bodies were preserved by
mummification, which means making the body into a
mummy. They were then buried in tombs, along
with money, food, clothes, belongings, and all
the other things the person would need in the
next life.
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What was mummification?
After a person had died, their body was cleaned,
and then special balm was rubbed all over it.
Their lungs, liver, stomach and intestines were
placed in special jars.
The body was then wrapped in bandages to create a
mummy
Sometimes a mask was placed over the head of the
mummy
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
What was mummification?
The mummy was then put into a coffin called a
sarcophagus. This would often have a mask painted
on the outside
The sarcophagus, along with the dead persons
belongings, was sealed up inside a tomb. The most
important Egyptians, the pharoahs, were buried in
huge stone pyramids, some of which are still
standing today.
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
The Egyptians believed that after they died, the
god of the underworld, Anubis, represented with
the head of a jackal, weighed their heart against
a feather of truth.
Thoth, the god of wisdom with the head of an ibis
would write down the result of the weighing.
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Unit 10 What can we find out about ancient Egypt
from what has survived?
If the persons heart was heavier than the
feather, this meant that it was weighed down with
all the evil the person had done in their life.
The heart would be gobbled up by Ammit, the god
with the crocodiles head and hippos legs
If the persons heart was lighter than the
feather, this meant that they had lived a good
life. They would then be led by Horus, the
falcon-headed god of the sky, to join the
afterlife.
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