Ancient Egypt: Start Here
A complete unit you can teach straight through. Each step builds on the one before: where Egypt is, who ruled it, what they believed, how we learned to read their writing, and the most famous tomb ever found.
For teachers
- Everything runs in the browser, free, on computers, Chromebooks and tablets. No downloads or logins.
- Most activities have a Narrator button that reads the text aloud.
- The games work as review at the end of each step, or as a warm-up the next day.
The Land of Egypt
Start with the map. Everything else happens along the Nile.
The Pharaohs
The kings who ruled Egypt for three thousand years.
Gods and the Afterlife
What the Egyptians believed, and why they built tombs at all.
Cracking the Code
How a broken stone let us read Egypt's writing again.
Hieroglyphs
Now students read and write them for themselves.
King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter's 1922 discovery, then review the whole unit.
Into the Tomb of Tut
Howard Carter and the opening of the tomb.
Carter's Walk into Tut's Tomb
Walk through the tomb with Howard Carter and see what he found.
Tut's Place
Answer questions to slide the blocks out of the doorway. Clear all 12 to reach the treasure.
King Tut Puzzle Review Game
Every right answer earns a puzzle piece. Finish the picture to win.