Lesson Plan for Hieroglyphs

Spotting Hieroglyphs in the Manchester Museum

The Manchester Museum has an excellent Egyptology collection. Children will have fun trying to find the following examples of hieroglyphs they have learned in the workshop. In each case, to prove they have found the example they must write down where they saw it - i.e. on what object it was written. Answers are given below, although some of these hieroglyphs may be found in many locations in the collection so there is no correct answer. Copy and paste the table below along with the list of hieroglyphs, and give it to the children. If the clues provided are not enough you may have to direct the children to the specific locations.

Hieroglyphs	What they say	What they were written on
1.
2.   clue: this is another way of writing the name of a famous king
3.
4.
5.  clue: read right to left
6. clue: a title of Nefertiti. The t is a feminine ending.
7.  clue: one of two brothers...
8. clue: look on the wall near the gold jewellery in the mummy room
9.clue: try a coffin
10.   clue: the name of a mummy

Answers:

Hieroglyphs	What they say	Where you found them - what they were written on
1.	m	Lots of places
2. clue: this is another way of writing the name of a famous king	Ramses	On stone (cabinet 11, back) - you can see the full name of Ramses II.
3.	Amun (the god)	Various places, such as on stone in cabinet 11
4.	u or w	Lots of places
5.  clue: read right to left	Pepi (name of a pharaoh)	On stone (between cabinets 10 and 11) You may need to remind children to insert the e between the two ps.
6. clue: a title of Nefertiti. The t is a feminine ending.	Lady of the two lands	On stone (in cabinet 10, at the back)
7.  clue: one of two brothers...	Nakht-ankh (or Nekht-ankh as they say in the museum)	On a wooden coffin (in several places, e.g. on the end, at the top on the right side, and on the canopic chest)
8. look on the wall near the gold jewellery in the mummy room	scribe	On stone (on the false door on the wall near Asru; can be seen in a couple of spots) (at i on the map of the museum)
9. clue: try a coffin	Isis	On a wooden coffin (belonging to Nakht-ankh; can be seen on the end)
10.    clue: the name of a mummy	Asru  (the mummy at the far end of the room)	On a wooden coffin (the one on the right; hard to find, but the hieroglyphs are written vertically in the third pink column from the right of centre, about half way up)

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