Rock-cut tombs

Explain why it is thought that pyramids were no longer built for Pharaoh’s tombs during the New Kingdom; describe the Ancient Egyptian style of depicting people; draw and paint a figure in the Ancient Egyptian style.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand that during the New Kingdom the Ancient Egyptians no longer buried their pharaohs in pyramids, but instead in rock-cut tombs in The Valley of the Kings.
• To understand how figures were represented in Ancient Egyptian art and draw and paint a figure in the Ancient Egyptian style.

Children will:

• Explain why it is thought that pyramids were no longer built for Pharaoh’s tombs during the New Kingdom.
• Describe the Ancient Egyptian style of depicting people.
• Draw and paint a figure in the Ancient Egyptian style.

• British Museum presentation and notes on reading a papyrus
• British Muesum presentation and notes on painting a tomb
• Valley of the Kings resource

• Access to internet
• Paints: red, blue, yellow, green, white and black
• Brushes
• Sketching pencils

Rock-cut tombs from ancientegypt.co.uk
Short video about the architect Kha in Valley of the Kings from bbc.co.uk
British Museum downloads about tomb painting from britishmuseum.org
British Museum downloads about reading a papyrus from britishmuseum.org