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Egypt
From pharaohs and pyramids to the mummification process, this packet is a fantastic resource for studying ancient Egypt! Worksheets not only review key terms and practices that are foundational to ancient Egyptian culture, such as...
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How to Make a Mummy Mask
With some plaster casting materials and a quick lesson on the ancient burial traditions of Egypt, your class can create amazing mummy masks. Listed here are all the tools, precautions, and steps needed for each child to make an Egyptian...
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Egyptian Antiquities
Students recognize that ancient builders overcame great obstacles in erecting monuments. They research the history and the status of conservation efforts over the course of the last 20 to 30 years to answer provided questions.
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Symmetrical Mummy Drawings/Mixed Media
Second graders explore Egyptian culture, including mummification, and hieroglyphic writings. They create their own mummy case using paper and a variety of materials. Students use symmetry to create their mummy.
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Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #58
For this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 4 multiple choice questions complementing the May 2006 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Ancient Egypt: The Mythology: Headdresses of the Gods
A useful reference chart showing simple drawings of the distinct headdresses of major Egyptian deities.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Seated Egyptian Figure With Hieroglyphics to the Right
An Egyptian figure wearing a headdress with a snake, is seated on a stool with an ornamental design and looking to the left. The figure is looking at hieroglyphics.
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Class Flow: Egyptian Headwear
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart on the creation of a piece of headwear in the style of Ancient Egypt that will fit the wearer and be fit for purpose.
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Eternal Egypt: Octavius Royal Head
This royal head shows a king wearing the Egyptian royal headdress called nemes. Below the headdress, curls of his hair fall on his forehead; therefore, it is thought that the statue is that of Octavius, who was known for this...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Osiris Iah Thot
Osiris is wearing a headdress consisting of a uraeus, the royal cobra, topped with a lunar disk. Above the disk rises an ibis head and the whole headdress is dominated by the Atef crown.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of Anukis
Anqet, or Anukis, was an Ancient Egyptian goddess related to the Nile. She is generally depicted as a woman wearing a tall headdress made either of reeds or of ostrich feathers, as this statue is sculpted.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Caracalla
The upper part of a statue of the emperor Caracalla, who ruled from AD. 211-217. In this statue he is shown as an Egyptian pharaoh wearing the Nemes headdress, which is adorned with the uraeus or royal cobra.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Isis
The beautiful painted statue represents the goddess Isis standing, and wearing the white headdress called the khat ornamented with a red headband. She is stretching out her arms to protect the invisible body of her husband, the god Osiris.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Nubian
The partly damaged statue of a young male figure was finely carved in a single piece and was at least partly painted. The facial features together with the local style of headdress suggest that the owner of this statue had Nubian ancestry.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Mut
The statue represents the goddess Mut in animal form as a vulture. She was usually depicted, on temple walls, as a woman wearing a long brightly colored dress and a vulture headdress surmounted by the Double Crown. This statue of the...
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of God Sobek
This statuette represents Sobek with a human body and the head of a crocodile. He wears a plumed headdress and ram's horns on either side of a sun disk, like Amun-Re.
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Eternal Egypt: Royal Head
The head of a man representing a royal figure; he is wearing the Nemes headdress and the Nemes knot appears behind the head. This statue was one of the objects that were found in the sea at Alexandria.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of King Djoser
This statue is the oldest known life-size statue in Egypt and depicts King Djoser himself. The king's deep-set eyes were once inlaid. He has a ceremonial false beard and wears a black wig topped by the royal Nemes headdress.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of King Khafra
In this statue, Khafra wears the royal headdress and the royal kilt. His names are inscribed in a cartouche and on the palace facade beside his legs.
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Eternal Egypt: Kneeling Statue of a King
This statue depicts a kneeling king whose name is unknown. He wears the Nemes headdress, which is protected by a uraeus, the royal cobra, and the Shendyt kilt.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Standing Ptah
The god Ptah was considered the guardian deity of artists and artisans. He is identified by his headdress, a tight smooth cap. Ptah's body is wrapped in a mummy-shaped cloth that only leaves his hands uncovered.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Kneeling King
The king is kneeling, wearing a Shendyt kilt and a Nemes headdress with a uraeus, or royal cobra. His arms are stretched before him in a prayerful manner.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statuette of Hapi
This statuette portrays Hapi as a man with full breasts symbolizing the nurturing aspects of the river. He wears papyrus and lotus plants as a headdress and a false beard.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the God Anhur
This statuette depicts the warrior and hunter god Anhur wearing a headdress of four plumes.