Ancient
Egyptian Scrapbook
You have learned about ancient
1. Go to Virtual Egypt. Scroll down to the section entitled Hieroglyphics. Click on Alphabet.
Looking at the translations of the
letters, write your name.
2. Make Your Own
Cartouche Type in your name or a relative’s name and
click Engrave It. Print
it!
3. Take a Virtual
Tour. Take a tour of the Giza Pyramids.
You can click on the dots on the map on the left side of the picture to
change your location. Describe what you
see in the spaces below.
4. Take a tour
of Karnak next.
While you are touring it, notice the sane. There are not many trees
or shrubbery around. Do you see any grass? What might inhibit these things from growing?
5. Go to the National
Geographic World site. Fill in
the blanks to create your own Egyptian
Journal. Print out your entry using the
print command on your web browser.
6. Go to the National
Geographic World Stories
page. You will read the stories of three
queens and their antics.
7. For this activity
you will use the link for the National Geographic World Stories page found
above. Click on the movie reel on the
right hand side of the screen. Clicking
on it will bring up a box that
may ask you how you wish to view the
movie. Please choose Windows Media Player. Watch the movie about the
8. If you have
time, go back to Virtual Egypt and explore the calculator. Multiply your age by the number of years you have
been in school.
Write the equation using ancient
Egyptian numerals.
Right the entire equation for brownie
points!
9. You may also
explore Egyptian Music. Music was and still in an important part of
life in Egypt. Can you hear the hand
clapping rhythms? You need not write the
answer, just listen to the different rhythms.
Please use your head phones!
10.
Feeling brave? Take the Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt Quiz!
© 2002 J. Napier-Faeih 
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