In this interactive session, children will explore what the Ancient Egyptians believed about different gods and goddesses and understand their roles in facilitating the journey to the afterlife.
Children will also learn why mummification was an important funerary practice in Ancient Egypt. Using a mummified cat from our museum collection as inspiration, children will work together under the guidance of our museum learning team to perform some of the steps of mummification.
Throughout the workshop, the team will encourage children to use empathy to decide whether they think museums should display mummified human remains and grave goods.
Please note: This workshop includes discussions about death and human remains.
This workshop is perfect for those in Key Stage 2 studying Ancient Egypt.
This session is available Tuesday-Thursday.
Subject and curriculum links
History
- How Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
- Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of the past; non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind
- Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short and long-term timescales
Objectives
- To learn about the importance of Archaeology and Conservation, and how it can help us to understand funeral practices in Ancient Egypt.
- To gain an understanding of funerary practices in Ancient Egypt.
- To understand the role of different gods and goddesses in the journey to the afterlife.
- To discuss whether it's right to display mummified human remains in museums.