Topic - Rock Cut Tombs

Use the resources above and weblinks below to investigate why pyramids were no longer used for Pharaohs tombs. Have a look at rock cut tombs and draw/paint your own figures in an Ancient Egyptian style.

This week the children will:

• Explain why it is thought that pyramids were no longer built for Pharaoh’s tombs during the New Kingdom.
• Describe the Ancient Egyptian style of depicting people.
• Draw and paint a figure in the Ancient Egyptian style.

Weblinks

Rock-cut tombs from ancientegypt.co.uk
Short video about the architect Kha in Valley of the Kings from bbc.co.uk
British Museum downloads about tomb painting from britishmuseum.org
British Museum downloads about reading a papyrus from britishmuseum.org