Library Guides: Object Lessons: The Egyptian Collections of the University of California, Berkeley: K-12 Activities

Ancient Egypt at the University of California, Berkeley

Use this website and the exhibition guide to answer some questions about ancient Egypt

What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt? How did it help people live in the dry, hot climate?
What tools did the Egyptians use to measure and tax fields?
How did Egyptian priests contribute to the economy?
Why was the crocodile worshipped in the Fayyūm region of Egypt?
How did Greek and Egyptians interact after the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BCE?
What are the names of the different Egyptian forms of writing? What did Egyptians write on?
How did people in Egypt learn how to read and write? What languages were spoken in Egypt?
How did Egyptian and Greek religion blend together?

Objects from Egypt

Mummy portrait with sketch and artist’s notes on reverse

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 6-21378a

The Mistakes of Students

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 6-21416

Homer, The Iliad (Book 2, lines 507–518 and lines 531–556)

The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley, P.Tebt. II 265

Letter of the Enslaved Aphrodite to her Mistress Arsinoe

The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley, P.Tebt. II 413

Soknebtunis Manifest

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 6-20100

Silver Tetradrachm of Ptolemy X Found in a Hoard of Ptolemaic Coins

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 6-22342

A Roman Senator Goes Sightseeing in the Fayyūm

The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley, P.Tebt. I 33

Bronze Figurine of an Egyptian Queen or Goddess

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 5-173

Lead Aphrodite Figurine

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 6-20508

Colorful Gods on a Demotic Egyptian Account

The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley, P.Tebt.frag. 13,385

Abstract of a loan for Paesis written in demotic Egyptian with a reed pen

The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley, P.Tebt. I 227

California Education Documents

History and Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools
Teachers and parents can refer to sections 6.2 (Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush) and 6.4 (Greece, especially Greek culture in the Egypt).
History and Social Science Framework for California Public Schools
Pages 147-154 and 160-161 offer the framework most relevant to the materials found in this exhibit.

Education Outreach at UCB

Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS)
1995 University Avenue, Suite 520D
Berkeley, CA 94704-2318

510-643-0868
http://orias.berkeley.edu
orias@berkeley.edu

UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project
2123 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2550

510-643-0897
https://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/
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