egyptology - Templar Publishing
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egyptology - Templar Publishing
EGYPTOLOGY by Dugald A. Steer Teachers’ Notes by Bridget Carrington and Nikki Gamble Egyptology Teachers’ Notes CONTENTS Introduction Curriculum context Front cover Endpapers - The Framing Narrative Arrival at Cairo Notes on Ancient Egypt A Trip to Giza Saqqara and Memphis Beni Hasan and Amarna At Sacred Abydos Deir El Bahri The Valley of the Kings Karnak and the Colossi The City of the Hawk A Trip to Nubia Back to Philae The Tomb of Osiris? 1 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 17 19 20 Further reading Recommended weblinks 21 21 IP FILTERED ON www.ologyworld.com Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris, ISBN 978-1-84011-852-0 The book Egyptology was first published in the UK in 2004 by Templar Publishing, an imprint of The Templar Company Limited, The Granary, North Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH14 1DN, UK Illustrations copyright © 2004 by Ian Andrew, Nick Harris and Helen Ward Text and design copyright © 2004 by The Templar Company Ltd The Egyptology logo is a trademark of The Templar Company Ltd Egyptology Teachers’ Notes EGYPTOLOGY Introduction On 1st November 1926, Miss Emily Sands arrives in Cairo. Her interest in Ancient Egypt has been whetted by a friend’s family heirloom – the Farncombe papyrus – and a lecture by the renowned discoverer of Tutankhamen’s tomb, Howard Carter. Eighty years later, the journal she wrote between that day and the day of her unexplained disappearance in January 1927 was sent to her great niece, who sought its publication. The journal was extensively illustrated and contained many paper crafts and novelties, including cutaway diagrams of the pyramids and of mummified bodies, postcards, and guides to Egyptian history, art, writing and mythology. There were also tables of advice for travellers and many more flaps, fold-outs and surprises. The journal was Miss Sands’ record of her encounters and experiences on her journey to unravel the mystery of the Farncombe papyrus and discover the lost tomb of the god Osiris. Her work was accompanied by the illustrations of draughtsmen and artists who accompanied her on the expedition. At the point Miss Sands eventually reached the lost tomb, her journal appears to end abruptly. Nothing further was heard from her or her companions, who seem to have vanished into the mists of time… Primary Framework, these suggestions can most readily be accommodated in one of the Narrative units for Year 5 – Myths, Legends and Fables – as well as when using these types of story earlier in Key Stage 2. A range of writing genres are suggested, each of which can be developed over several lessons. These include persuasive writing (e.g. travel brochures and adverts), reports, obituaries and journals. Topics for research are highlighted and various outcomes for presenting research are suggested. The conventions of drama are discussed and their use in exploring emotional topics is recommended. Curriculum context The suggested activities are intended to support a creative curriculum with opportunities for links to be made across subjects. Where possible, it is suggested that learning can be enhanced by visits and opportunities for on-site learning outside the classroom. In line with the thinking behind Excellence and Enjoyment, opportunities to build on children’s cultural capital are promoted. This includes making connections with, and building on, existing knowledge that may have been acquired through film, television and computer games, as well as books and more traditional sources. This is not a scheme of work but a menu of possibilities, which teachers can draw upon to aid their planning. Art and Design: Several art-related topics can be explored. Pattern, colour, sculpture, jewellery, textiles and architecture afford opportunities for pupils’ own artwork as well as opportunities to learn more about the history of art and the legacy of the Egyptians. Egyptian influences in works of art and design through the ages provide further opportunities for learning about art and artists, as well as providing a stimulus for further cross-arts work, including writing. Finally, it is suggested that where possible, opportunities for visiting art galleries and museums are integrated in the study of Egyptology. History: This work links to QCA Unit 10, the study of Ancient Egypt, which is recommended for pupils in Years 3–4. It also has relevance for Unit 2, and for Unit 16 (as a comparison). The activities presented here can also be used for extending and adapting the unit for use with Years 5–6. In addition, there are links to Citizenship Unit 5. Where appropriate, links to the relevant QCA unit and section have been included. EGYPTOLOGY The following teaching suggestions have been organised according to the order of chapters in Egyptology. However, many of the suggested activities allow you to draw on material from several chapters. For instance, the activity ‘Storytelling performance’ is outlined in the notes for the chapter ‘Notes on Ancient Egypt’ but is also relevant to other chapters, and the teaching suggestions for archaeological investigation can be applied at any point. Literacy: These suggestions provide opportunities for studying Egyptian myths and legends. They can be adapted for different age groups. For those working with the revised Egyptology Teachers’ Notes Front cover Teaching suggestions Discuss the front cover: • What is written at the top and bottom edges of the cover? What is the central image? Why is the cover gold, and the image decorated in this way? • Do the pupils know the word ‘Egyptology’? In what context have they heard it? Encourage them to draw as widely as possible on their own cultural referents. They may, for instance, be familiar with computer games, stories, films and comic strips based around characters like Indiana Jones. Invite them to share what they know with talk partners or in small storytelling circles. • Talk about the image in the centre of the cover. What does this represent? Investigate the scarab pectoral and the vulture pendant found among the grave goods of Tutankhamen. • Vocabulary: Discuss the word ‘ancient’. Locate a dictionary definition. Make a timeline and place the Ancient Egyptian Empire on that timeline. • Make sure pupils understand the use of ‘B.C.’ and ‘A.D.’ as well as the newer descriptions ‘B.C.E.’ (‘Before Common Era’) for ‘B.C.’ and ‘C.E.’ (Common Era) for ‘A.D.’ Pupils might like to consider why some dating methods use B.C.E. and C.E. instead of B.C. and A.D. • Note that there are differences of opinion about the start and finish of the Ancient Egyptian era. The start date is traditionally said to be 3100 B.C. (B.C.E.) – the date when north and south Egypt were united by the first pharaoh, Namer. The fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 395 (or C.E.) usually marks the end date. Alternative end dates might be used, so explain this to the pupils. • Names: Why are there so few Ancient Egyptian names in use today? Unlike other ancient civilisations, such as those of Rome and Greece, Ancient Egyptian names have not been adopted widely in Europe. Explore explanations for this, such as the history and culture of Egypt after the Ancient Egyptian era. Additional ideas • Make a display. This might include: · books and images about Ancient Egypt and Egyptology, especially the mystery surrounding excavation and grave goods · postcards, photographs or travel posters showing Egyptian monuments · holiday souvenirs from pupils. If they have been to Egypt, they may be able to provide photos, postcards or other mementoes. They can produce informative labels for their objects and place them in a class ‘museum’. · maps and an atlas · dictionaries (for identifying word origins) • Transform the classroom into an Egyptian tomb interior. Run a frieze around the top of the wall with hieroglyphs, Egyptian patterns and stylised people and scenes. Grave goods could be made from metallic papers. There is more information Egyptology Teachers’ Notes about making (fake) mummies and death masks in later chapter notes. Egyptian columns made from paper can be used to mark display areas (see page borders for inspiration). Teaching suggestions • Mystery: What do the pupils think has happened to the English explorer when Joanna Sutherland (Emily Sands’ niece) writes the following in her letter to the publishers? ‘…my great aunt and her companions vanished into the desert, never to be heard of again.’ Ask pupils to consider the story that is being set up and to predict how it will unravel. Endpapers – The Framing Narrative Description • Character: What image do pupils have of Miss Emily Sands? Use a ‘role-on-the-wall’ technique to develop character profiles based on the information presented here and the inferences that the pupils make. The endpapers show a collection of items relevant to the journey of Miss Emily Sands and the subsequent history of her journal. Some of them are displayed over a map of the Nile Valley, which marks the places visited on the journey. These items include: • a photograph of the expedition team with Lord and Lady Farncombe • a ticket for a lecture given by Howard Carter (like T.G.H. James, a real person) • rail tickets from Waterloo to Portsmouth and from Dorking to Waterloo • a letter to the publisher from Miss Sands’ great niece • a postcard from Miss Sands to her friend and sponsor, Lady Farncombe • a letter from a former Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, commenting on the journal’s provenance • a note from the publishers giving modern spellings for some of the names mentioned in the journal • a collection of cards and labels in an envelope addressed to Miss Sands at her hotel in Cairo • Research the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen. See also the journal entry in the chapter ‘The Valley of the Kings’. How scientific and careful was Howard Carter’s excavation compared with those in earlier centuries, and with current excavation? Look at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography to find out about Howard Carter. Details of his life and career can also be found at: http://www.archaeologyexpert.co.uk/HowardCarter.html and extracts from his excavation diary can be found at: http://griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/gri/4sea1not.html Egyptology Teachers’ Notes Original photographs of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb can be found at: · What preparations would they make? · How would they feel about leaving their families behind? · How would they travel? http://griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/gri/carter/gallery/ Drama is a useful vehicle for creating a ‘need to know’ about a period and place depicted. After the role-play, investigate travel in the 1920s. What methods of transport would have been used? Use a map or an atlas to chart your journey. Find out about the great explorations of the period. Information on the pharaoh can be found at: http://www.akhet.co.uk/amarna/tutankh.htm Many museums all over the world have Egyptian antiquities (particularly statues, mummies and mummy cases). • Writing in role: Following the role-play, pupils could be invited to write in role. They might write a diary entry in the role of a traveller on the night before leaving for Egypt, or write postcards back to England once they have arrived in Egypt. • Fact or fiction? Research the railway company named on the tickets. What other clues are there in the journal to help us decide what is fact and what is fiction? • Organise a debate with one half of the class arguing that Egyptian antiquities should remain in Egypt (the position taken by many countries whose treasures have been taken for permanent display in other countries), and the other half arguing in favour of foreign museum collections (the position taken by museums who ‘own’ these artefacts and justify their better preservation as a result). • Journey drama: Preparing for a tour. Using the ‘teacherin-role’ drama convention, talk to the class as though you were the leader of a tour to Ancient Egypt, with the pupils in role as fellow travellers. · Ask pupils to reflect on their expectations for the trip. • Narrative: If you are planning to base your teaching about Ancient Egypt around Egyptology and the chapter-bychapter organisation, you may want to use the framing narrative to structure an extended journey drama. Arrival at Cairo Description The left- and right-hand pages begin the travel diary of Miss Emily Sands and include: Egyptology Teachers’ Notes • Ancient meets modern: Investigate influences on art. · ‘The Egyptian palette’ – Pupils may be familiar with the highly patterned ‘op-art’ pictures of British artist Bridget Riley. On a visit to Egypt, Riley noticed the recurring colour palette used in Egyptian painting and decorative arts. You can view examples of her work inspired by this colour palette here: · the ‘Farncombe papyrus’ in a pocket on the left-hand page – this is the document that suggests that the god Osiris was a ‘real’ person with an actual tomb, which gives rise to the expedition · a central painting of 1920s archaeologists near the pyramids at Giza · smaller sketches, which fill in the detail of street life in Cairo · a drawing of a dahabeeya – the sailing barge in which the expedition will travel up the Nile · small images of some of the artefacts in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo · Egyptian columns, with relief images of figures and leaves on either side of the spread http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/riley_bridget.html · Using these colours, pupils could make their own stripe paintings in the style of Riley. · Can you find other examples of Egyptian-inspired art and architecture? For example, pupils may wish to look at the Pyramid Arena in Tennessee, the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas or the Egyptian Bridge in St Petersburg. Teaching suggestions • Investigate papyrus: · What is it? · How is it made? · Make papyrus – full instructions on this and other Egyptian crafts can be found at: http://www.pioneerthinking.com/makingpaper.html http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/k12/materials/papyrus.html http://www.historyforkids.org/crafts/projects/papyrus.htm • Research The Egyptian Museum’s collection in Cairo: http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/ · What is a ‘curator’? • Travelogue: Introduce the term ‘travelogue’ for a travel journal. Have any pupils kept travel journals while on holiday? You could suggest that this is a way of keeping a record of special holidays. Notes on Ancient Egypt Description This spread provides a map of Ancient Egypt, as well as the story and background to the legend of Isis and Osiris. A fold-out flap shows the chronology of Ancient Egypt. Egyptology Teachers’ Notes The reverse side illustrates the crowns of the different kingdoms of Ancient Egypt. Flaps covering the map provide data on international distances from Egypt and monthly temperatures at different locations along the Nile. Teaching suggestions The seven sections in the QCA unit on Ancient Egypt can all be addressed via the teaching suggestions that follow. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/history/his10/ 10q2?view=get • The journey: Create an enlarged copy of the map and display it alongside a map of modern Egypt. Chart the journey taken by Emily Sands and her party, using coloured wool or marker pins. As you read each chapter, you can add the next stage of the journey to your map. • Then and now: Accompany the map display with stimulus questions to encourage pupils to explore the maps. For example: · Why is Suez famous now? · What is there at Aswan now that wasn’t there in Ancient Egyptian times? · Where was Upper Egypt? · Where was Lower Egypt? · Where was Nubia? You can extend this activity by considering places the Egyptians might have traded with using the River Nile. · Look at the full course of the River Nile. How far does it flow? · What countries does it pass through? The questions accompanying the map display can be changed periodically to inspire fresh engagement. Provide paper and pens to encourage pupils to add their own questions. • Important sites of Ancient Egypt: Obtain copies of travel brochures, tourist-information leaflets and web pages with information about the sites shown on the map. If you have a good local travel agent you might arrange a talk about cultural tours to Egypt. · Ask pupils, in pairs, to research a site, finding out about its significance in Ancient Egypt and its modern status. Do all of these places still exist? · Alexandria · Cairo · Aswan · Memphis · Thebes · What city was originally sited at Luxor? Egyptology Teachers’ Notes Note: This work can be aligned to QCA Unit 10 on Ancient Egypt. Topic 3 requires pupils to investigate what the landscape tells us about what life might have been like in Ancient Egypt. This could form the core work, with pupils researching other cities as extension activities. of Moses and the Plagues. A storytelling activity could be used to tell stories about these Biblical characters. · This activity could also be used to tell stories about other Egyptian gods that are mentioned elsewhere in Egyptology. • Vocabulary: Generate an interest in words. This will help establish good spelling strategies for pupils who are ‘transitional’ or ‘good’ spellers. For example: · Ask pupils to define ‘archaeology’. Check definitions in a dictionary. · Find out about the etymology of the word. For example, the root ‘archae-’ comes from the Greek for ‘ancient’, and the suffix ‘-ology’ comes from the Greek ‘logos’, meaning ‘knowledge’. It is easy to work out how Egyptology got its name! · Make a collection of other ‘-ology’ words and display them. · Choose one of these words as ‘Word of the Week’ and create a vocabulary focused display. • The information resulting from this research could be used to produce one of the following: · a travel brochure · a short tourist-information film · a tourist-information leaflet · a web page for the city Some pupils might like to produce an itinerary and travel advice for a ‘Rambling Rameses’ walking tour of Egypt in the 1920s, using the information provided on the flaps. • Egypt is in Africa: The Petrie Museum has an excellent class pack focussing on this topic: • Mythology: The Ancient Egyptians had their own gods and goddesses and their own mythical stories. · Ask pupils to propose a definition for ‘mythology’. Ask them to recall contexts in which they have heard the word. Encourage them to use a range of dictionaries to check their suggestions. Write the dictionary definition on a large sheet of paper and display this in the classroom. · Explain that different cultures gave rise to their own mythologies. There are many similarities in these mythologies, e.g. creation stories and hero tales are widespread. Cultural differences are also evident. http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ • Storytelling performance: Provide small groups (4–6 pupils) with copies of the legend of Isis and Osiris. The account given in Egyptology is brief and can be expanded on. · Ask each group to read the story aloud and then retell the story in a storytelling circle. This informal oral rehearsal will help the pupils internalise the story. · Provide each group with a large sheet of paper on which they can storyboard their version. They need to include six to eight key scenes, making sure the beginning, developing conflict and resolution have all been drawn. They may want to add some dialogue in speech bubbles, or sound effects (e.g. the sounds of the desert, or a fight). This activity should involve collaborative drawing. All members of the group need to participate rather than giving one person instructions. This further reinforces the story and is vital preparation for the storytelling performance. · The storyboards are a visual aid that the pupils can use to support their storytelling performances. · Ask groups to decide how they will perform their stories. They could use instruments and sound collage, as well as acting out sections of dialogue. · Groups perform stories to the class or perhaps a parallel class or school assembly. · For an extra special performance, set the scene with Egyptian music, a PowerPoint presentation showing Ancient Egyptian scenes or pictures showing a reconstruction of a pyramid. · Other stories that include information about Ancient Egypt can be found in the Bible, and include the stories Useful resources: · Stories from Ancient Egypt, Joyce Tyldesley (Rutherford Press, 2005) ISBN 978-0-95476-221-6 This collection includes stories about the gods, such as ‘The Creation of the World’, ‘Hathor and the Red Beer’ and the myths about Osiris, Isis and Horus. Fairy stories and incredible adventures are represented in ‘The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor’, ‘The Adventures of Sinuhe’ and ‘The Prince, the Dog, the Snake and the Crocodile’, while good and bad behaviour are to be found in ‘Three Magical Stories’ and ‘The Story of Truth and Falsehood’. King Rameses II himself tells us about ‘The Battle of Kadesh’. · The Orchard Book of Stories from Ancient Egypt, Robert Swindells (Orchard Press, 2003) ISBN 978-1-84362-306-9 Stories from Egyptian mythology, retold by prize-winning author Robert Swindells. This accessibly written, lively collection vividly brings to life these powerful characters and their amazing stories. Includes tales of Ra, Thoth, Isis and Osiris, as well as famous pharaohs. Egyptology Teachers’ Notes · Tales of Ancient Egypt, Roger Lancelyn Green (Puffin, 1995) ISBN 978-0-14036-716-4 An older collection by the classic reteller of myths and legends. Where and what are they? · What are the other six Wonders of the Ancient World? · How many still survive? · Seven ‘Modern Wonders’ have been proposed: what are they? How do they compare with the Ancient Wonders? · What can pupils find out about the New Open World Corporation’s ‘New Seven Wonders of the World’? Are any of the Ancient Wonders on this list? · Show the pupils how to record sources for the information they find. Introduce them to the idea of checking information by using more than one source. · This could be set as a homework task. A Trip to Giza Description This spread gives background information on the pyramids, with historical photographs. There are also images of what an Ancient Egyptian funeral procession might have looked like. • Maths Pyramids: These provide great technology opportunities! Investigate how a pyramid can be made. Some pupils may be able to produce a net to make a pyramid. A variety of different nets, some based on the proportions of specific Egyptian pyramids, can be found at: Three pyramid flaps lift to show their interior layout. The text that accompanies a small photograph of the Sphinx gives clues about how it used to look. Teaching suggestions http://www.korthalsaltes.com/pyramid.htm These activities support sections 4, 5 and 7 of QCA Unit 10 on Ancient Egypt. Pupils could make paper or card pyramids from their own nets or from pre-printed ones. These could be used to start a table-top scene of Giza. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/history/his10/ 10q7?view=get • The Sphinx at Giza should not be confused with the Sphinx in the Greek myth of Oedipus. Although there are cities called Thebes in both Greece and Egypt, it is the • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: · What do pupils already know about the pyramids at Giza? Egyptology Teachers’ Notes Greek city outside which Sophocles’ Sphinx sat and posed Oedipus a riddle. · Pupils could investigate the difference between Greek and Egyptian sphinxes. · Would the Greeks have known about the Sphinx at Giza? • Art history and architecture: Ancient Egyptian subjects and images have been popular at various times as inspiration for artists and designers. Find out about: · paintings of Biblical scenes about Egypt · images of famous Egyptians, such as Cleopatra · rooms, furniture and decoration – Egyptian Halls were created in some great houses, such as the Mansion House in London. There is also a grandiloquent Egyptian Hall in Harrods, Knightsbridge! · furniture with sphinx heads and feet, designed after Admiral Nelson’s victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 · buildings with Egyptian motifs in their masonry – these were particularly popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and again as part of the twentieth century Art Deco movement. Many cinemas that date from the 1920s and 1930s have elaborate Egyptian-style pillars outside, and lavish Egyptian interiors. · Cleopatra’s Needle, London, placed on the Embankment near Charing Cross. It was brought here in Victorian times and is flanked by two sphinxes at its base. It comes from Heliopolis and dates from 1450 B.C. making a visit to see Egyptian subjects in works of art. You may be able to arrange a curator talk. This can be linked to the QCA Art and Design unit ‘Visiting a Museum’: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/art/museum/ ?view=get SaQQara and Memphis Description These pages describe a visit to the tombs and a catacomb near Memphis, and show mummified animals from baboons to cats. Continuing the information about pyramids, these pages describe the Step Pyramid at Zoser and the finds associated with both sites. Enclosed in a small packet attached to the page is a sample of mummy cloth. More detailed information about the mummification process is found later in ‘The Valley of the Kings’ and ‘Back to Philae’, and on most of the websites about Ancient Egypt listed at the end of these Teachers’ Notes. Teaching suggestions • Research could be undertaken about: · the Step Pyramid. Can pupils construct a Step Pyramid using the pyramid nets? If you are in travelling distance of an art gallery, consider Egyptology Teachers’ Notes · animal mummies. Many museums around the country have mummified animals among their displays, which pupils may have seen on a past visit. Which animals have been mummified? • Discuss the importance of birds and animals in Ancient Egyptian religion. · Can pupils find out which creatures were considered sacred to the Ancient Egyptian gods? · What reasons can pupils suggest for the deification of animals? · Which animals and birds are depicted on Egyptian friezes? description of the Egyptian system of hieroglyphics. A description of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the resulting decoding of hieroglyphs is given. Teaching suggestions • Research hieroglyphs: The Ancient Egyptian systems of writing and mathematics both used hieroglyphs. An excellent tool for English- and Maths-related work can be found at: http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/ Beni Hasan and Amarna A simple transliterating tool for pupils’ names can be found at: Description http://www.upennmuseum.com/hieroglyphsreal.cgi The text of these pages further describes the passage of the boat up the Nile and a visit to the tombs of nobles at Beni Hasan. • Art and Design: Ask each pupil to make a cartouche with their name in hieroglyphs on it: · A cartouche is an oval ring with a name in hieroglyphs inside it. Ancient Egyptians made cartouches for kings, queens and other high-ranking people. · Firstly, ask pupils to find out how to transliterate their first names. · Arrange the hieroglyphs vertically on yellow or gold card, then cut each cartouche into an oval shape. · Display the finished cartouches. An explanation of changes in Ancient Egyptian beliefs is given, and we are told that at one time, a single god, the Aten, was worshipped. We are reminded that Osiris was god of the underworld, and that not only kings and queens, but also Egyptian nobles, were mummified and buried in great tombs. A small booklet called ‘Understanding Hieroglyphs’ is attached to the right-hand page. This booklet gives a simple Understanding Hieroglyphics 10