Theme 7 Ancient Egypt
Letters
Anytown Muesum,
Anytown
AT1 8LE
14/11/11
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I hope this information helps you
Yours faithfully,
B.C. History (Museum Curator)
with your project.
Letter from
the Museum
Theme 7 Ancient Egypt
Section B
Letters
Letter from the Museum
Section A
Choose the best word or group of words to fit the passage and
put a ring around your choice.
Dear Children, This is how a
1
Mummy
2
soap
3
jam
4
Daddy
Uncle
Aunty
would have been created. First, the body was washed with
washing-up liquid
palm oil
and then the organs were removed and stored in
shampoo
pottery
stone
glass
trough
bath
shower
tub
5
cloth.
strips.
bandages.
sheet.
6
jelly
jewellers
jolly
jewels
jars. Next, the body was dried in a
of natron before being wrapped in layers of linen
Finally, a mask made of gold and
was placed over the head and shoulders of the body.
1 Who wrote this letter?
2 Why did this person write to the children?
3 What were embalmers trained to do?
4 What were lucky charms used for?
5 Why do you think only wealthy ancient Egyptians were made
into mummies when they died?
6 Why do you think robbers liked to break into the tombs of
dead Pharaohs?
7 Why do you think the wooden coffin was sealed with wax?
Section C
Write your own letter to a museum curator asking how a pyramid
was built in ancient Egypt.