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The Exhibition

Egyptian Treasures: art of the pharaohs is on at the Australian Museum from 13 September to 6 December 2009.

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Egyptian Treasures

Egyptian Treasures

Egyptian Treasures

Education Resources

Teacher notes, student activities and ideas for the classroom.

Glossary

Glossary of ancient Egyptian terms.

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Ancient Egyptian Art

Ancient Egyptian Art

Ancient Egyptian Art

Art and artisans

Ancient Egyptian art has survived for over five thousand years and continues to inspire modern art today.

Religion and the gods

Religion was based on the cycles of nature, the rise and fall of the Nile and the life and death of living things.

Timeline

A timeline of political and cultural events in ancient Egypt.

Hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphs combine both art and language as a system of writing.

Preparation for death

To prepare for their death ancient Egyptians purchased funerary items and built a tomb.

Mummification

How and why humans and animals were mummified.

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Death and burial in ancient Egypt

Death and burial in ancient Egypt

Death and burial in ancient Egypt

Tombs and burial

Tomb architecture and decoration, funeral processions and burial rites.

Life after death

The journey through the underworld, funerary texts, the afterlife and maintaining a connection with the dead.

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