ANCIENT EGYPT WEBQUEST
Southlands Elementary School
The following webquest takes you, the student, into the world of Ancient Egypt. Answer the following
questions.
1. DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT.
Using the link below, divide your paper in half (a left half and a right half). Put the heading
Poor Egyptians on top of the left column and Rich Egyptians on top of the right column. Using the website below write down
10 things that are different for poor and rich Egyptians.
2. THE SPHINX
One of the wonders of Ancient Egypt is the sphinx. Using the website below, answer the following
four questions.
a. Who built the sphinx?
b. How big is it? (Give measurements)
c. Draw a picture of the sphinx.
d. Whose face is on the sphinx?
3. THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR
Answer the following questions about the Egyptian calendar using the website below.
a. What role did Thoth play?
b. How many days were there in the Egyptian calendar?
c. What did Thoth do with the extra five days?
4. THE PHARAOHS OF EGYPT
On the website below you'll find a list of the many people who have led Egypt. You are to find
information about six of the leaders listed below plus four others of your own choice. For each leader you should
write why they are important, when they lived (the years they were born and when they died), and draw a copy of
their cartouche.
Write about six of these pharaohs:
Khufu Amenemnet I Thutmose III Amenhotep IV Ramesses II
Cleopatra VIII Seti I Amenemhet I Ramesses I
5. HIEROGLYPHICS
The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphics. Using the website below do the following:
Write both your first and last name in hieroglyphics.
Write a short sentence in hieroglyphics. Be sure to have the english sentence below it.
6. RELIGION
People believed in many different Gods in Ancient Egypt. You are to write about ten of these
Gods. You are to draw their picture (a detailed coloured drawing) and write a paragraph about what each of these
Gods did.
You must write about these five: Anubis, Horus, Osiris, Thot, and Isis. You can choose the other
five. Click on the link below.
7. PYRAMIDS
Divide a piece of paper in two halves (a left half and a right half). On the left side write
"Step Pyramid" as a heading and on the right side write "True Pyramid" as a heading.
Using the link below write five differences between the two pyramids.
Write a two paragraph (or more) paper about how pyramids were built. Use the above website to
help you.
8. ROSETTA STONE
What was the Rosetta Stone?
Where and when was it found?
Who deciphered it?
Answer these questions in sentences. Use the website below to find the answers.
9. MUMMIFICATION
Using the website below, answer the following four questions in detail.
a. How were bodies embalmed? Describe the step by step process to mummify bodies.
b. How were the bodies wrapped?
c. What were canopic jars?
d. Draw a picture of a mummy and how it was stored.
10. MAP OF ANCIENT EGYPT
On an outline map of Egypt, label the following:
Cairo
Giza
Thebes
Luxor
Abu Simbel
Alexandria
Aswan
Karnak
Nile River
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Rosetta
Memphis
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Suez Canal
After you have labelled these places on the map, colour it in.