The Old Kingdom of Egypt

Spine:

• Story of the World, Volume I (The Ancients), Chapter 4
  
  • *Making Mummies
    
  • *Egyptian Pyramids
  
  

Narrations:

Egypt's Pyramids - 10/1/07

Egypt has pyramids. The pyramids are used to hold people who are packed in sarcophoguses, called mummies. The mummies are wrapped in cloth. They thought the mummies would let them live forever.

Egypt is along the Nile river. They made mummies four thousand years ago.

Favorite Library Books

• Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki
  
• Cat Mummies by Kelly Trumble
  

Field Trips:

• Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Planetarium
  
  • *Tour the museum online here.
    
  • *Read about our field trip on September 19, 2007 here.