Name:

Class Period:

Egyptian Museum Virtual Tour and Scavenger Hunt Activity

Directions: To complete this activity you will visit egyptianmuseum.org/360-museum-tour and “walk” around the museum and recreated tomb to view artifacts and exhibits from Ancient Egypt. As you move through the different rooms click on the icons to get closer to an artifact, learn about it, and find the information you need to answer the following questions.

In the Museum Galleries

Afterlife Gallery

1. Coffins from the Early Dynastic Period were intended for a _______________ burial with the body placed in the fetal position.

2. Small baboons were sometimes mummified and placed in tombs to honor _____________ who is often depicted as a god with the head of a baboon. But instead of a mummified baboon, the mummy is made from a _____________.

3. A funerary boat was meant to be used by the pharaoh in the afterlife to visit _______________.

4. The god Ptah was believed to have created the ____________ via the thoughts in his heart and by speaking words. Ptah who was represented as a bull was worshiped by ancient Egyptians.

5. The Apis bull was regarded as the “___________________________”.

6. The model of Abu Simbel has a sign above it that reads “Temple of ____________ the Great 19th ___________ 1250 B.C.”

7. Usermontu was the ____________ of Montu and son of _____________.

8. Usermontu’s coffin is near Ta’awa-Sherit’s coffin who was possibly his _______________.

9. The mummy that was discovered in Usermontu’s coffin might not be Usermontu because it does not display the “traditional style of ______________ of the time period”. Also, a piece of linen from the mummy’s wrist dates to ________BCE.

10. In the glass case next to the Apis Bull Head is a small statue of what animal? _______________

Daily Life Gallery

11. When you enter the Daily Life gallery, turn to the right, there is a case with a green background and two head statues. How many vases/jugs are in this same case? ______ The portrait in this case is called _________ Lady and dates to _______ CE.

12. The Brewery Tomb Model dates between ______ and 1650 BCE. It illustrates how important _______ was to the Egyptian diet. How many figures are shown in this model? ______

13. In the Daily life Gallery, on a green pedestal there is a white statue of a person standing between two poles, one of the poles has an object on top. What is that object? ___________

14. The Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder in the RED room talks about the construction of a new temple. Six of these cylinders were made. Besides this one in the museum, how many have survived? _____

15. The Cylinder Seal in the RED room dates from around ______BCE. Seals like this were used as signatures in ancient time. This seal depicts two individuals who were “probably ______ based on the design of their kilts”.

Rulers Gallery

16. When you go upstairs to the Rulers room there is a statue of ______________ who was the last Egyptian Pharaoh. The statue dates from ______ - 30 BCE.

17. Pharaoh _______________ ordered that up to 730 images of the goddess ________________ be created and installed in his mortuary temple. The statue is holding a _____________ in its left hand.

18. There is a statue in the Rulers room of a pharaoh sitting on a throne. Is the statue black, red, or blue? _______________

Religion Gallery

19. To the right of the statue with the sun behind it, there is a fragment that “depicts _____________ offering incense to his sole god, the _________”.

20. The homes and gardens of wealthy Egyptians were decorated. The room you are in now has an example of one such decoration, a cluster of __________ that once hung around the edge of a ____________ to give the appearance of a permanent arbor.

21. In this room there is a Shabti of Men. He was the father of ___________ who was a _________.

22. There is a replica of the step pyramid of _______________. It was “the ________ pyramid ever built in Egypt.”

23. __________________ was the man who designed the pyramid and is also considered to be the first architect in history.

24. In this gallery there is a large statue of a god with offerings of bread and fruit in bowls at its feet. What animal does this god have as a head? Lion, Eagle, or a Snake? __________

The Tomb

Tomb Entrance

25. This recreation of a tomb is based on rock-cut tombs located in the ____________________ region of Middle Egypt.

Offering Chamber

26. How many columns/pillars are in the offering chamber? _______

27. Symbols in what language are carved into the walls? __________________

Burial Chamber

28. The ceiling is decorated with many small _________.

29. What would traditionally be in the sarcophagus in the middle of the room? _______________

30. How many of these are painted around the room? _________

Bonus Question: How many decorated sarcophagi are located throughout the museum rooms we have explored? _______

Examples:

Name:

Class Period:

Egyptian Museum Virtual Tour and Scavenger Hunt Activity

Directions:

To complete this activity you will visit

egyptianmuseum.org/360

-

museum

-

tour

and “walk” around the museum

and recreated tomb to view artifacts and exhibits from Ancient Egypt. As you move through the different rooms click on the

icon

s

to get closer to an artifact, learn about it, and find the information you need to answer the fol

lowing questions.

In the

Museum Galleries

Afterlife

Gallery

1.

Coffins from the Early Dynastic Period were intended for a _______________ burial with the body placed in the fetal

position.

2.

Small baboons were sometimes mummified and placed in tombs to honor __

___________ who is often depicted as a

god

with the head of a baboon.

But instead

of a mummified baboon, the mummy is made from a

_____________

.

3.

A funerary boat was meant to be used by the pharaoh in the afterlife to visit _______________

.

4.

The god Ptah w

as believed to have created the

____________ via the thoughts in his heart and by speaking words. Ptah

who was represented as a bull was worshiped by ancient Egyptians.

5.

The Apis bull was regarded as the “_______________

____

________”

.

6.

The model of Abu Simbe

l has a sign

above it th

at reads “Temple of _____

_

___

__

_ the Great 19th __

_

_

_

______ 1250 B.C.”

7.

Usermontu

was the ____

__

______ of Montu and son of ______

__

____

_.

8.

Usermontu’s

coffin

is near

Ta’awa

-

Sherit

’s coffin

who was possibly

his

_

____

__________

.

9.

The mummy that was discovered in Usermontu’s coffin

might not be

Usermontu because

it

does not display the “traditional

style of ___

____

___

__

__ of the time period”.

Also, a

piece of linen from the

mummy’s

wrist dates to ________BCE

.

10.

In the

glass

case next

to the Apis Bull Head is a

small

statue of

what animal?

_______________

Daily Life

Gallery

11.

When you enter the Daily Life gallery, turn to the right, there is a case with a green

background and two head statues. How

many vases

/

jugs are in this same case?

______ The portrait in this case is called __

_____

__ Lady and dates to _

___

___ CE.

12.

The Brewery Tomb Model date

s

between ______ and 1650 BCE

. It illustrates

how important _______ was to the Egyptian

diet. How many figures are shown in this model? ______

13.

In

the Daily life Gallery

, on a green pedestal

there is a white statue

of a person standing between two poles, one of the

poles has an object on top. What is that object? ___________

14.

The Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder

in

the R

ED

room talks about the construction of

a new temple. Six of these cylinders were

made. Besides this one in the museum,

how many have survived? _____

15.

The Cylinder Seal in the RED room dates from around ______BCE. Seals like this were used as signatures in ancient time.

This seal depicts two in

dividuals who were “probably ______ based on the design of their kilts”.

Name:

Class Period:

Egyptian Museum Virtual Tour and Scavenger Hunt Activity

Directions: To complete this activity you will visit egyptianmuseum.org/360-museum-tour and “walk” around the museum

and recreated tomb to view artifacts and exhibits from Ancient Egypt. As you move through the different rooms click on the

icons to get closer to an artifact, learn about it, and find the information you need to answer the following questions.

In the Museum Galleries

Afterlife Gallery

1. Coffins from the Early Dynastic Period were intended for a _______________ burial with the body placed in the fetal

position.

2. Small baboons were sometimes mummified and placed in tombs to honor _____________ who is often depicted as a god

with the head of a baboon. But instead of a mummified baboon, the mummy is made from a _____________.

3. A funerary boat was meant to be used by the pharaoh in the afterlife to visit _______________.

4. The god Ptah was believed to have created the ____________ via the thoughts in his heart and by speaking words. Ptah

who was represented as a bull was worshiped by ancient Egyptians.

5. The Apis bull was regarded as the “___________________________”.

6. The model of Abu Simbel has a sign above it that reads “Temple of ____________ the Great 19th ___________ 1250 B.C.”

7. Usermontu was the ____________ of Montu and son of _____________.

8. Usermontu’s coffin is near Ta’awa-Sherit’s coffin who was possibly his _______________.

9. The mummy that was discovered in Usermontu’s coffin might not be Usermontu because it does not display the “traditional

style of ______________ of the time period”. Also, a piece of linen from the mummy’s wrist dates to ________BCE.

10. In the glass case next to the Apis Bull Head is a small statue of what animal? _______________

Daily Life Gallery

11. When you enter the Daily Life gallery, turn to the right, there is a case with a green background and two head statues. How

many vases/jugs are in this same case? ______ The portrait in this case is called _________ Lady and dates to _______ CE.

12. The Brewery Tomb Model dates between ______ and 1650 BCE. It illustrates how important _______ was to the Egyptian

diet. How many figures are shown in this model? ______

13. In the Daily life Gallery, on a green pedestal there is a white statue of a person standing between two poles, one of the

poles has an object on top. What is that object? ___________

14. The Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder in the RED room talks about the construction of a new temple. Six of these cylinders were

made. Besides this one in the museum, how many have survived? _____

15. The Cylinder Seal in the RED room dates from around ______BCE. Seals like this were used as signatures in ancient time.

This seal depicts two individuals who were “probably ______ based on the design of their kilts”.