Museum Tours of Ancient Egypt and Israel

 By Alison L. and Michael N.

On January 4th, the 6th grade went to The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to learn about ancient Egypt and Israel/Canaan. It was a lot of fun and very educational!  In a guided tour, we saw ancient statues, mummies, tools that Egyptians used, and houses they lived in. We learned a lot about each and every thing we saw. Some of the things we found out were how ancient Egyptians performed mummification, and how Pharaohs were different from regular Egyptians. On a scavenger hunt in the Israel/Canaan section, we tried to answer as many questions as we could by finding the answers in the exhibits about daily life.  The 6th grade learned about ancient Egypt in Core, but we were educated on so much more at this museum. We all had great fun, learned so many facts, and hope to go back there soon!