Programme 3: Secrets of the Tomb

Activities

• If Belzoni was the first person in hundreds of years to discover the inside of tombs, temples and pyramids, what reasons can the children give that so many of them had already been robbed of their treasures? Can they write an argument for and against grave-robbing in Ancient Egypt?
• Use notes and some research to write instructions for mummifying a body.
• In the same way that Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs had the walls of their tombs painted with aspects of their lives, what would the children draw on a wall picture as examples of their daily lives, eg life in school, sport, food, leisure?