Explore Ancient Egypt!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
By Carmella Van Vleet and Alex Kim
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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 very little adult supervision.
Activities range from making a scarab necklace to writing in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs 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.
Carmella Van Vleet
Carmella Van Vleet is a former teacher and the award-winning author of nearly two dozen books for kids and adults. She is the author of Explore Ancient Rome, Robotics, and Aviation: Cool Women Who Fly from Nomad Press. She lives in Ohio.
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Explore Ancient Egypt! - Carmella Van Vleet
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Let’s Explore Egypt!
CHAPTER 1
Egyptian Homes
CHAPTER 2
Beer, Bread & Bartering
CHAPTER 3
Playtime
CHAPTER 4
Amulets, Clothes & Makeup
CHAPTER 5
King Tut & Other Cool Kings
CHAPTER 6
Mummies & Pyramids
LET’S
EXPLORE
EGYPT!
You’ve probably played in sand or gone swimming. You’ve probably also played a board game or helped around the house. Maybe you’ve taken care of a pet or slept outdoors. Guess what? Kids who lived in ancient Egypt did these things, too!
Where was ancient Egypt? What was it like to live there? What did kids and their parents wear, eat, or do for work or fun? This book is going to explore ancient Egypt, an amazing place that existed thousands of years ago, from 3100 BCE to 639 CE!
Explore Ancient Egypt! will answer many of your questions and share some really cool facts. You’ll get to learn about things like mummies, pyramids, kohl makeup, and pharaohs. One of these famous pharaohs was King Tut. Did you know he’s called the Boy King because he was just nine years old when he took over the throne?
Along the way, we’re going to make lots of fun projects, play games, do activities, and hear some goofy jokes. Ready? Let’s explore!
WHERE IN THE WORLD WAS ANCIENT EGYPT?
Ancient Egypt was in the northeastern part of Africa. It was in the Sahara Desert. The Sahara is the biggest and hottest desert in the world. A desert is an area with very little rain. Ancient Egypt’s daytime temperatures were over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat and the sand made life tough for the ancient Egyptians. They had to be careful about sunburn, and sand got into everything. It even got into the bread they baked, which caused their teeth to wear down. Ouch!
But the desert also had its good points. For example, it protected ancient Egyptians from enemies. Not many people wanted to cross the hot, sandy land! And thanks to the desert, we know a lot about ancient Egypt. How? Well, the desert sand preserved a lot of ancient Egyptian buildings and things ancient people used. Since these things are still around, we can look at them and learn. Some people study buildings, art, and everyday objects from ancient Egyptian times. They are called Egyptologists.
Ancient Egypt was divided into two lands. One was Upper Egypt and the other was Lower Egypt. If you looked at a map of ancient Egypt, you’d see something strange. You might even say, Hey, it’s upside down!
That’s because Upper Egypt was below Lower Egypt on the map. There is a simple reason for this. It has to do with the Nile River.
BCE: an abbreviation that means Before Common Era.
CE: an abbreviation that means Common Era, after the birth of Christ.
mummy: a dried and preserved dead body.
pyramid: large, stone structures with square bases and triangular sides where pharaohs were buried.
pharaoh: ancient Egyptian kings or rulers.
Sahara Desert: the largest, hottest desert in the world.
Egyptologist: someone who studies ancient Egypt.
WOW
Nile Green is a color. It’s a pale, yellowish-green. And, yep! It got its name from the color of the Nile River.
A SHIP FIT FOR A KING
Most of the small boats in ancient Egypt were made of reeds. To build bigger, wooden boats, the Egyptians had to get wood from different parts of the world. Wooden boats were often curved up at the ends just like the reed boats. These fancy, wooden boats were called papyriform boats. They were sometimes used as funeral