Apple Mummies

Egyptians, SPICE, and World History

Welcome!

This is Ms. Peterson’s 2nd Period World History Honors class and today we mummified apples and learned about ancient Egyptian burial practices.

Our Assignment

1.Mummify an Apple

2.Present our creation to our class

3.Explain how Egyptians mummified their Pharaohs and how this process is similar to current burial practices.

Mummification

Mummies!

Presentations

We got up in front of the class and explained how we made innovative decisions during the mummy making process. In our class we had mummies with ears, a cape, hairstyles, tattoos, along with many other innovative ideas.

Mummified Apples

Our apples will sit in a mixture that is 2 parts salt, 1 part baking soda for one week until they are mummies!

Reflection

We answered three questions in order to reflect on our learning about Egyptian mummification:

1.Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?

2.What does this show us about Egyptian Society, Politics, Interactions with their environment, Culture and Economics?

3.How is this similar to modern funeral practices?