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By Dorling Kindersley
Egyptologists have a keenness for uncovering the previous, not just to find artifacts, treasures, and monuments, but in addition to bare the human tales at the back of their reveals. They attempt to appreciate an historical civilization. for kids who dream of being the subsequent Indiana Jones, discover every little thing from pyramids and pharaohs to mummies and archaeology in old Egypt.Written by means of todays specialists for the specialists of the next day to come, Eyewitness specialists are nice immense present packs that blitz the top-selling issues childrens relatively love. Open them up and youll locate every little thing you want to nurture their curiosity, no matter if beginner or nerd. those are presents to treasure and go back to and develop with.
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Object ............................................................ Use ....................................................... 7. Object ............................................................................. Use ............................................................................. 2. Lotus blossom 3. Garlic 4. Bread 30 ACTIVITIES Hieroglyphs The ancient Egyptians developed over 700 hieroglyphs as a system of picture writing. Some symbols stood for sounds, some for whole words. Use this alphabet to create your own messages.
Tab 45 Vulture 15 Push the cobra and the vulture through the two slots at the top of the head. Glue their tabs down. Pull the face toward you and glue tabs 41 and 42 in place. 16 Glue tab 43 to make the face three-dimensional. 17 Push the false beard through the slot in the chin and glue its tab down. Then push tabs 44 and 45 through the slots and glue them down. 58 PACK MANUAL Tab 51 Bend cardboard to follow line of face. Tab 50 Body of outer casket Tab 48 Tab 49 18 Glue tabs 46 and 47 on the left side, and tabs 48 and 49 on the right side, in place.
Use ................................................................................... Unscramble these letters and reveal the god of embalming: ............................................................ B I S A U N.................................................... 36 ACTIVITIES The Afterlife How long did it take you? The deceased faced many perils as they journeyed to the underworld. The ultimate danger was to fail the test set for them in The Hall of the Two Truths. Write an account of what happened here, as shown in the papyrus, and label the main characters in the ritual.