The Egyptians

Ancient Egyptian Civilisation

Cooking – ¼ day

Prepare and cook a simple Ancient Egyptian meal. Learn about the process of grinding cereals to make flour before making your own Egyptian bread to cook and eat. Make Ful Mudammas; a traditional butter bean dip, using butter beans, olive oil, garlic and ground spices such as cumin and fennel seeds. Complete your feast with some sticky date sweets flavoured with cinnamon and honey.

Mummification and Canopic Jars – ¼ day

Witness the important ceremony of mummification and learn about the beliefs of the Ancient Egyptian people and their relationship with their Gods. Make your own canopic jar to take back to school.

Hieroglyphics – ¼ day

Hieroglyphics enabled the Egyptians to record many aspects of their civilisation. Write your own piece of Hieroglyphic text on a piece of papyrus.

Ancient Egyptian Jewellery – ¼ day

Make your own piece of Egyptian jewellery.

Tomb Painting – evening

Paint scenes from the Book of the Dead and other magical texts and then crawl through into the darkness and see the wall paintings as if you were one of the first explorers!

Camp Fire and Story Telling – evening

There is evidence to suggest the earliest records of story telling originate from Egypt. Spend some time listening to tales of Ancient Egypt around the camp fire.