Learning Exercise

Death and Burial in Egypt

An interactive site offers an introduction to Egyptian death rituals including how a mummy is made. Other features include resources, teaching material, and related web sites.

Course: Western Civilization

Material:: Death and Burial in Egypt
Date last modified:: May 24, 2006
Created by:: William Paquette
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Death and Burial in Egypt

This interactive site provides an introduction to Egyptian death rituals including how a mummy is made. Other features... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Odyssey Online, Emory University and University of Rochester
User Rating:: 5 stars

Exercise

This assignment is to be completed in conjunction with Virtual Mummy: Unwrapping a Mummy by Mouse Click.

Write a 5-7 page paper detailing the traditions surrounding death and burial practices in Ancient Egypt using both this site and Virtual Mummy website.

Additional Information: None.

Disciplines

Humanities / History / Area Studies / Africa / North Africa
Humanities / History / Topical / Archaeology

Audience

Technical Notes

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Requirements

None.

Topics

Western Civilization
Ancient Egypt

Type of Task

Learning Objectives

To acquaint students with the practics surrounding death and burial in Ancient Egypt.
To acquaint students with elements of Egyptian religion.