Egyptian Customs & Beliefs | Distance Learning | Audiobook | eBook | Worksheets

Designed for classroom | home | distance learning and aimed at children and young adults who are looking to further their knowledge in all things Ancient History and Science. Episodes are all under 10 minutes, packed full of information that is easy for children of all ages to understand. Typically taking around 30-45 mins to complete. Written and narrated by Cambridge University archaeologist Matthew Brooks.

The Audiobook of Unit 8 – Burial Customs and Beliefs. Students will be able to ask and answer questions about key details in this audiobook using the eBook and Comprehension Questions.

Egyptian Customs and Beliefs. Ancient Egyptians believed that each person’s soul was immortal. In order for the soul to reach the afterlife a complex, traditional set of customs was required, sometimes ending with mummification. If these rites were not completed the dead would come back to haunt the living in the form of a ghost. In this episode, you will learn about burial customs and what they represented. The nine aspects of the soul. The use of shabti dolls to work for the god Osiris. And the different realms of the afterlife such as the Hall of Truth and the Field of Reeds.

Listen – Read – Answer

• Listen to this Audiobook Burial Customs and Beliefs
• Read along using the eBook (with visuals)
• Answer Comprehension Questions and Activities

Covered in this Audiobook:

• The Field of Reeds
• Mummification
• The soul
• Burial practices
• Rituals
• Shabti dolls
• Anubis & The Hall of Truth

Questions in this Unit:

• What was the ancient Egyptian afterlife called?
• How did the Egyptians preserve dead bodies?
• Explain what a Shabti Doll was?
• How many burials types were there to choose from?
• What was supposed to happen if burial rites were not performed?
• When a famous individual died what customs would be performed?
• What was believed to happen to the deceased when all rites had been performed?
• Below is the god Horus. Draw in the same style, the god of death, Anubis. He was depicted as a man like Horus but with the head of a dog or jackal.

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Comprehension questions (.pdf)
Comprehension activities (.pdf)
Answer sheet (.pdf)
EBook (.pdf)

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The Age of The Egyptians Series:

Unit 1 – Introduction to the Egyptians
Unit 2 – The River Nile
Unit 3 – Hieroglyphics
Unit 4 – Inventions
Unit 5 – Cleopatra
Unit 6 – Tutankhamuns Curse
Unit 7 – The Great Pyramid
Unit 8 – Burial Customs and Beliefs
Unit 9 – Art and Architecture
Unit 10 – The Legacy of Ancient Egypt