The Egypt Game
chapter 13-16
Teammate: Christina, Helen,
May, Renee
Summary
• Ch 13: Moods and Maybes
•
Ken and Toby decided to re-join the Egypt
game, at first, April wasn’t trust those boys, but
after conserving those boys, she knew that
they’re true to the game.
• Ch 14: Hieroglyphics
•
When Toby mentioned the idea of using the
alphabet of the hieroglyphics, April wasn’t happy
for that；However, they realized the
convenience of the mysterious words, and then
they made themselves new Egyptian’s names.
Summary
• Ch15: The Ceremony for the Dead
• Elizabeth’s pet, prince-Pete-ho-tep is death. They hold a
ceremony for the prince. Finally Petey goes to sleep in
the pyramid peacefully. They’re all involved in this
ceremony; they don’t know someone had been
overheard.
• Ch16:The Oracle of Thoth
• Mrs. Granger asks her students to research oracle. Toby
is interested in it; therefore he comes up with lots of ideas
for Egypt game. They build an altar for Thoth. They draw
straws, and winner could be the first one to ask questions.
Ken got this chance. Toby assists Ken to ask question.
Although they don’t get answer immediately from Thoth,
they will keep finding out it.
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Translate Your Name into Hieroglyphics
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/egypt/translator.html
Mummy
• Preparing mummies:
• 1. Top: making the sarcophagus. A sarcophagus is a funeral
receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone.
In Ancient Egypt, a sarcophagus formed the external layer of
protection for a royal mummy2. Bottom: Bandaging and preparing
the mummy.
http://www.egyptologyonline.com/mummification.htm
Thoth
A Egyptian god of wisdom.
• He is the author of all works of science, religion,
philosophy, and magic.
• It is also to be declared him the inventor of astronomy, the
science of numbers, mathematics, geometry, land
surveying, medicine, botany, theology, civilized
government, the alphabet, reading and so on.
What do you think the Thoth
look like?
Questions
1. How do you think about April’s feelings after her
mother sent her the letter?
2. Why did April say that it’s all Caroline’s fault to
make her cry, and what does this mean?
3. Why did April choose Bastet to be?
4. The members of Egypt Game has settled down,
how do you think about their Egypt Game, and
how will it go?
5. If you are obsessed with a game like the Egypt
Game, what’s that and what will it be like?
Questions
6.Who is the highest priest/priestess in the
ceremony of prince Pete-ho-tep?
7.How long do the preparation of the dead and the
funeral ceremony take?
8.What is the meaning of oracle?
9.What do you think the Thoth look like?
10.Do you think Toby is a responsible priest? Why
or why not?