Egyptian Banquet Home Learning

Here are a few websites that might help you with this week's Home Learning. Use books and the internet to find even more information.


http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/sto_main.html

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/food/egyptfood.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/art/egyptmusic.htm

Egyptian Death Masks

As part of our study about the lives of the ancient Egyptians, we looked at what happens when Egyptians die.

The ancient Egyptians used Egyptian death masks as part of their funeral rituals.

The purpose of these death masks was to give the dead a face in the afterlife. They were also thought to allow the spirit to recognise the body and also to allow them to be recognised and accepted by other people in the realm of the dead. Egyptian death masks could be very elaborate, depending on the status of the person who was deceased.

The masks were usually constructed by taking a plaster cast of the person's face, then making a copy of thin gold plate or other material that was then painted with a likeness of the deceased person.

We made our own death masks using milk cartons, paper plates and papier mache. They look fantastic! You can see the photos below or come and have a look at our display in the library.