Ancient Egypt for Young Explorers

A long green valley in the desert: the river, its yearly flood, the seasons, boats and farms.

1. The Nile River
2. A River That Flows North
3. Upper and Lower Egypt
4. The Yearly Flood
5. Three Seasons
6. Boats on the Nile
7. Farming by the River

The kings and queens of Egypt, their crowns, and a few of the most famous.

1. What Is a Pharaoh?
2. Crowns, Crook and Flail
3. One Kingdom
4. Hatshepsut, a Woman King
5. Ramesses the Great
6. Tutankhamun, the Boy King
7. Cleopatra, the Last Pharaoh

Why pyramids were built, how they changed, and what we know (and don't know) about building them.

1. Why Pyramids?
2. From Steps to Smooth Sides
3. The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
4. How They Were Built

What the Egyptians believed about their gods and about life after death, and how they cared for the dead.

1. Many Gods
2. Gods with Animal Heads
3. The Story of Osiris and Isis
4. Mummies
5. Tombs and Grave Goods
6. The Weighing of the Heart

Homes, food, clothes, games and jobs along the Nile.

1. Homes and Families
2. Bread, Beer and Onions
3. Clothes, Wigs and Eye Paint
4. Toys and Games
5. Jobs Along the Nile

How scribes wrote, signs for sounds and for ideas, which way to read, your own name in a cartouche, and numbers.

1. Scribes and School
2. Signs for Sounds
3. Signs for Ideas
4. Which Way to Read
5. Write Your Name
6. Reading a Cartouche
7. Egyptian Numbers

How the Rosetta Stone, Champollion and archaeologists brought ancient Egypt back to light.

1. The Rosetta Stone
2. Champollion Cracks the Code
3. Finding Tutankhamun's Tomb
4. What Archaeologists Do