Ancient Egypt

Explore Ancient Egypt with your class and how amazing objects came to Plymouth, with this history resource for Key Stage 2.

Dive in to the text to harness yourself with insider knowledge on the subject, focus in on the images to discover new details with your class, and then play and create using some of the suggested activities for inspiration.

Key Stage:: Key Stage 2

Curriculum:: History

Topic:: Egypt

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School visits

Ancient Egypt

Can your students help our Curator of Archaeology explore a new box of Egyptian artefacts? Using enquiry and curation skills your class will create their own Egyptian display.

Prehistory: The Bronze Age at Whitehorse Hill

Witness your students become archaeologists, discovering the remarkable Bronze Age burial at Whitehorse Hill on Dartmoor. What can the uncovered artefacts tell us about people 4,000 years ago?

Plymouth’s Polar Explorers

Discover the adventures of Plymouth's famous polar explorer - Captain Robert Scott. Students will learn what it takes to lead an Antarctic expedition then and now!

Loan Boxes

Play: Mummification

Bring the spectacle of mummification to your classroom with this mummy, canopic jars and set of ‘body parts’.

Explore: Plymouth Evacuees

Discover what life was like for children evacuated from Plymouth during the war. Hundreds of children were evacuated from Plymouth during World War II. Encounter these individuals and imagine their lives with this collection of photos and documents.

Explore: Captain Robert Scott

Discover the adventures of Plymouth's most famous polar explorer - Captain Robert Scott - through the photos and documents about his experiences.

Museum Gallery Archive

You can download this PDF resource to use with your class.