Ancient Egypt: A Webquest 

    You will be traveling back in time to the year 2125 B.C. to Ancient Egypt. You will arrive on the banks of the River Nile, the longest river in the world, to begin your journey. Egyptians base most of their lives around the Nile and depend on it for survival. The land is more than 90% desert so the                                                   weather is hot, dry, and humid.  

Tasks

During your journey, you will complete a travel log of your experiences. Your travel log should include the following items:

·         Supply list of items needed for your trip

·         3 paragraphs describing popular sites of Egypt

·         Illustrations of the mummification process  

·         One interesting fact about the Pyramids of Giza 

·         A list of the functions of each part of a pyramid

·         A timeline of selected pharaohs and queens

·         A cartouche with your name written in hieroglyphics

The Process and Resources

To accomplish the above tasks you need to follow these steps:

1.  Locate a map of Ancient Egypt.  This will be the first item of your supply list. Determine information that you will need to know for your trip such as the temperature, food, transportation, etc. Come up with a list of at least five items that you will need to take with you.

2.  Explore three popular sites of Ancient Egypt using the links below.  Write a descriptive paragraph about each of your choices. 

Pyramids of Giza  

Valley of the Kings               

The Nile Valley                     

Great Sphinx

Rosetta Stone

King Tut's Tomb

3.  Visit this site about mummies.  Illustrate each step in your travel log.

4.  Check out this neat site on the pyramids.  As you are exploring the site, find one interesting fact about the Pyramids of Giza and record it in your travel log.

5.  Using the same pyramid link, research the parts of pyramids and describe the function of each one in your travel log.

6.  Using the paper provided, make a timeline placing the pharaohs and queens in chronological order.  The following pharaohs and queens should be included in your timeline:

       

King Tutankhamen          

King Rammses II                 

Nefertiti and Akhenaten           

Queen Hatshepsut  

King Amenhotep IV

Queen Cleopatra VII  

King Khabu

King Titi

King Khufu

These links might be helpful to you:

List of Kings

   Kings and Queens    

Link to Egypt

7.  The Egyptian form of writing is known as hieroglyphics.  Kings or Pharaohs often had their names written on cartouches.  To see your name written in hieroglyphics, click on the cartouche!

Additional Resources

Here are some additional websites that might be helpful in finding information on Ancient Egypt:  

 

Egypt  http://www.egypt.com/

Ancient Egypt  http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html

Pictures used with permission from the Ancient Egypt site.

This page was created by Cheryl Godsey and Jane Pollard on July 25, 1997

Last Updated January 2005 by Trisha Armstrong