I come from Ancient Egypt

Here you have the task for this unit:

 TASK: I come from Ancient Egypt You have to write a little story, or a diary, in which you are an Egyptian and you live in Ancient Egypt. You must tell us accurately where do you live, what do you do (tell us about your job). What is your place in society? Tell us about other people in the pyramid. What are the God Goddesses you whorship and what are they (The Sun…) and describe some of your favorite places/sculptures/ in your country. You should include drawings and photographs (you can download from internet, I´ll provide you with some links) You should include dates. You can present it as a little story book, using card as a cover. Here you have several pictures about this task done by 1st ESO students:

Rosetta Stone

Answer the questions:
1.-What problem did people have with hieroglyphics?
2.-Who discovered the Rosetta Stone? When? In what country did they were?
3.-What happened next with the Rosetta Stone and why?
4.-Why is the Rosetta Stone so important?
5.-Look for information about the Rosetta Stone to answer this question: If you want to see the Rosetta Stone, where do you have to go?

Ancient Egypt (1)

The mummification process

A video about the process of mummification during the first century A.D. This is a more recent mummy, so you have to take into account that the techniques vary throughtout time.




1.- Explain, in your own words, how Egyptians did the mummification during the first century A.D.

Egyptian religious beliefs

Watch the video and then answer the questions:



1.- Name at least three things created by ancient egyptians that appear in the video.

2.- Were the ancient egytpians obsessed with death? Explain why according to the video.

3.- What gods and goddesses appeared in the video?

4.-What did ancient egyptians do when someone die?

5.- What kind of things could be found inside an egyptian tomb?

6.- Why did they bury their deads with all that things?