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TuTankhamun | CuCuum kTTankamn and T Gdn aG T Paa explores
the fgures who guie ciet gypt ore th 3,000 yers go. The
exhibitio ocuses o the 18th dysty, 100-yer perio whe gyptws t
the height o its power the gole ge o gypti
rtistry. This ws the er whe Tuthu his cestors reige.
The extesive rry o ore th 130 extroriry rtects ro the
tob o Tuthu other ciet gypti sites etures 50 o
Tuthus buril objects, icluig his royl ie oe o
the our gol precious stoe ili copic cofettes tht
cotie his uife iterl orgs.
The exhibitio provies stuets with opportuity to explore
ciet history is relevt to the stuy o history t vriety olerig
levels cross uber o ieret stte curricul, icluig
beig relevt to istory (yer 7) aciet istory s prt o the
austrli ntiol Curriculu.
The iscovery o the tob o Tuthu
gypt beore Tuthu
Tritiol religio
deth buril the terlie
The eligious evolutio o ahete
Tuthu: The Boy ig
Tuthu: The ig o gypt
Cusig his e to live
dily lie i Tuthus Worl
Tuthus tob
cietifc stuy o Tuts uy
The exhibition is organised by the ational Geographic ociety,
Arts and Exhibitions nternational and mG,
with cooperation fro the Egyptian pree Concil of Antiqities
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auSTRaLIan naTIOnaL cuRRIcuLum
Ya 7 TY
The Yer 7 istory curriculu iclues ocus o the itrouctio to the
ture o history
with history ro the tie o the erliest hu couities to the e o the
acietperio (c. 60 000 BP c. 500 ad). as prt o the stuy o wht
history is, stuets uerte
ivestigtio o the aciet worl re to coplete epth stuy (epth stuy
2) which
c hve specifc stuy o aciet gypt. chools re require to evelop
epth stuy o
their choice (epth stuy 4) relte to the aciet Worl choosig ro
societies resse
i previous epth stuies thereore beig iclusive o ciet gypt.
n anCnT TY
TTankamn and T Gdn aG T Paa provies stuets with
excellet opportuity to explore the topics thees outlie i the
austrli eior
aciet istory Curriculu. eereces re e to ciet gypt i ll our uits
o the
austrli eior aciet istory Curriculu. The austrli eior (yer 12)
aciet istory
curriculu, ro pre-history to 500 C, will equip stuets with the
sills to el with writte
rcheologicl sources coictig iterprettios (its 1, 2 2b). t will
ehce
stuets uerstig o the iiviuls, groups orces tht shpe the ciet
worl
(with ephsis o gypt, ner st, asi, Greece, oe). it 3 is aciet
People,
Power Politics. it 4 aciet ocieties, ites
ources is esige s cocluig uit to
the course. stuyig its 3 4, stuets ust
stuy t lest two ro the ollowig: gypt, nerst, asi, Greece oe.
pecifc reerece is
e to aciet gypt icluig reserch i reltio
to the ollowig topics sigifct rcheologists
their jor iscoveries, such s (owr Crter), the
Giz Pyri coplex, the osett toe, gypti
uies, esses , eth buril, techology,
new kigo gypt to the eth o Thutose V
(tshepsut), new kigo gypt ro aehotep
to the eth o ses (ahete) 18th dysty
new kigo gypt.
The exhibition is organised by the ational Geographic ociety,
Arts and Exhibitions nternational and mG,
with cooperation fro the Egyptian pree Concil of Antiqities
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C u C u u m k | v i c t o r i aTutankhamun and the Golden Age of
the Pharaohs provides students the opportunity to
meet the standards outlines in VELS levels 36 from a variety of
discipline based including
the domains of history, geography, english, mathematics, science
and art. The strands ofphysical, personal and social learning as
well as well as interdisciplinary learning can also be
successfully taught by conducting learning activities related to
the exhibition. Students can
explore themes such as:
YE 78 HSTY
t level 5 the historical knowledge and understanding dimension
of History makes specic
mention that students must analyse and describe key events in
ancient societies in
which ncient Egypt would be an excellent case study.
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PHT ndreas F Voegelin, ntikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung
Ludwig
The exhibition is organised by the ational Geographic ociety,
Arts and Exhibitions nternational and mG,with cooperation fro the
Egyptian pree Concil of Antiqities
