Egypt Study

So the cruise that we are going on next week was supposed to stop in Cairo, but with all the political drama recently taking place there, the itinerary has since been changed. Before we knew of the changes though, we were super super excited about going to Egypt and Jackson devoured any and all information about the ancient civilization. We worked on this project for several weeks, but it is now finally complete and worthy of publishing.

The first type of pyramids built were called Step Pyramids. We modeled our suger cube pyramid after those early structures. After reading about mummification, we put our pharoah's organs in canapic jars by writing the names of each organ on tissue paper, rolling it up very tightly, and sliding them inside straws. Next, he was wrapped in linens which were treated with embalming fluid (tape). The sarcophagus is wrapped in solid gold ribbon and the Happy Birthday sequins represent the valuable gems that will be taken to the afterlife.


Inside the burial chamber, we had fun learning about writing stories with pictures. The picture on the wall is Jackson's story of when he fell off his bike and smashed his face into the ground. You can probably tell now that our sarcophagus is not inside the burial chamber because it didn't fit. Slight error in calculations, oops! So Jackson has some tiny lizards living in there, which was a great way for us to learn about desert habitat other than just camels.

So we are a little bummed about not getting to stop in Egypt on our cruise, but I think it's probably better. Jackson's expectations of the trip would have been unmatched. He wants to go inside a real pyramid and see everything in its authenticity. I don't think he would have been prepared for the amount of tourists we would have encountered or not being allowed to look inside the pyramids. The Egypt collection in Berlin was excellent and filled his need for seeing the real thing. This project was perfect for an introduction to Ancient Civilizations. Now on the cruise we will see more of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Pretty cool!