Ancient Egypt Webquest
Tasks
During your quest, you will complete a travel log of your experiences. Your travel log
should include the following items:
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Illustrations of the Ancient Egyptian mummification process and your project
from that mission.
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Determine which Ancient Egyptian tomb is the burial place of king Tut.
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A Ancient Egyptian cartouche with your name written in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Mission 1
It is time to begin our search for King Tut’s tomb. You must learn more about mummies.
When King Tut died, his body was made into a mummy. You must develop the expertise
to be able to search any mummy that you come across to look for clues and to determine
if it is King Tut.
Questions
Were ancient Egyptian successful mummy-maker?
Why did the Ancient Egyptian make mummies?
What process did the Ancient Egyptian use to make mummies?
Have their mummies performed the job that they were created for?
Mission Instructions
Your mission is to learn as much as you can about mummies. We have pulled some
strings to get you on a crew that is making several of the Pharaoh’s royal pets into
mummies. Study carefully and learn from this mummification process because it it the
same process the Ancient Egyptians used to mummify Pharaohs like King Tut.
----Top Secret Document--Do you want to live forever in eternal happiness? You know, eat the best food, have
the perfect weather, have the perfect friends, and have a ton of fun. According to
the Ancient Egyptians, you only need to do a few things. 1) Be a Pharoah (king.) 2)
When you die, get mummified. 3) Be buried in a pyramid. (“House of Eternal Life”0
4) have servants take care of your mummy, forever. Easy enough!
We have heard some scary stories about mummies. You know “ The Mummy
fights Frankenstein” or the “Curse of King Tut.” In reality, ancient Egyptians
buried their dead kings, queens, and even some pets this way. You see, mummies
aren’t that scary when you look at it that way. In fact, we can learn a lot about the
life of the Ancient Egyptians by studying mummies and pyramids or tombs that
they are buried in.
Revist the Question
Mission 2
We are really making progress in our search for King Tut’s tomb. Now it is time to find
out about Ancient Egyptian tombs. Could one of the tombs be the secret burial place of
King Tut? It will be your mission to visit these Ancient Egyptian tombs and determine
which one is the burial place of King Tut!!! Good Luck!
Mission 3
We are on the verge of sending your team in to locate King Tut’s Burial Mask and
retrieve the message that will save us all. We believe that the message on the inside of
the mask will be written in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. It is therefore vital to our
success that you learn about Hieroglyphs so that you will be able to decode the important
message.