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Posted: Jan 15 2009 at 6:12pm | IP Logged Quote SaraP
Any books, websites, activities you would recommend?

We're getting ready to start a unit on ancient Egypt in a few weeks.

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Posted: Jan 17 2009 at 8:45pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
- Make a cartouche from air or oven dry clay. You can use one of the virtual ones here -Hieroglyphic Translator or Write Like an Egyptian - to translate names into hieroglyphics.

- Write each other hieroglyphic messages and decipher.

In these two picture books by Tamra Bower each page contains a line of hieroglyphs and corresponding English translation which relates to the text.
How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt (Tamara Bower) – Based on an Egyptian scroll from the Greco-Roman period. It is the story of a battle between the Amazons (warrior women) and an army of Egyptians. The Egyptian prince and the Amazon queen ultimately end up falling in love. It contains excellent notes about ancient Egypt and hieroglyphs in the extensive endnotes.

The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale of Hieroglyphs (Tamara Bower) - Another tale, based on a story found in the ancient papyrus scrolls, about a shipwrecked sailor who finds fortune when he is befriended by a serpent who is the Prince of the island of Punt.


Another picture book with hieroglyphs in the story.
Pepi and the Secret Names (Jill Paton Walsh) – The book is pretty long for a picture book. Pepi’s father is a painter is commissioned to decorate an elaborate tomb. Pepi helps by getting real life models of majestic and dangerous animals to model by using his knowledge of their secret names. The secret names are written in hieroglyphs and encircled in an oval like a Egyptian cartouche. There is a key in back to help with deciphering as well as an explanation of hieroglyphics and cartouche. The colorful and ornate illustrations are by Fiona French who has done the beautiful Easter and Christmas stained-glass look books.


And a couple worthwhile books for studying how the Rosetta stone was dechiphered:

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs (James Rumford) – Great picture book biography of Jean-Francois Champollion, the French scholar who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs and translated the Rosetta Stone, adding greatly to the study of ancient Egyptian culture.

And for older students - The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone (James Giblin)



Ox, House, Stick- History of Our Alphabet is a great picture book about the development of our present Roman alphabet. For each letter there is a series of figures that show changes through the ages to become the letter we currently use. Most start with the Sinaitic letter. Many think the letters are based on Eygptian symbols. There is some explanation of the connections. Overall a very interesting approach and think it would be very fitting to include with hieroglyph study.


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We did Egypt last year with SOTW. (grade 1-3).

I blogged our activities with links

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