King Tut's Treasures

This is an article I wrote for the school newspaper about the 6th grade field trip to the King Tut museum. It was a great opportunity to connect faith and learning!:

King Tut's Treasures

On November 1^st, sixth graders had the opportunity of a lifetime!

Together, alongside Mr. Almack, Mrs. Harrill and me, they traveled to Museo Reina Torres de Arauz to explore the treasures and artifacts of Ancient Egypt and King Tuthankamen. King Tuthankamen was an Egyptian pharaoh who died at a young age, but it is all the “stuff” he left behind that reveals to us more about life in Ancient Egypt during his time. The 6^th graders not only were able to see artifacts from King Tut’s tomb but several rooms filled with exhibits on topics such as the relationship between Greece and Egypt, Ramses II, Cleopatra, Akenhaten, the pyramids, the mummification process, and the mysteries surrounding Ancient Egypt.

The replicas the museum used were very realistic, and the 6^th graders were inspired in the creation of their own museum exhibits for their Ancient Egypt and the Near East project. The students also were able to do a scavenger hunt for the many gods the Egyptians worshipped. In the words of one 6^th grader: “Their beliefs were so complicated! It would have been easier to believe in the true God, Yahweh.”

 

One of our favorite exhibits at the museum was where we were all escorted into a cave, an exact replica of the Book of Caverns, complete with painted hieroglyphics covering the walls and telling the story of their beliefs about the afterlife. They even had sand on the floor!

When we returned to school, Mrs. Harrill had a special surprise for all of us! She told us her recruiting friend from a school in Cairo, Egypt, had sent hieroglyphic bookmarks to the 6^th graders at CCA as a gift and a reminder to pray for them.

It is very difficult to be in school in Cairo, because of many riots and violence in the country. Also, people cannot worship God as freely there, and Christians are persecuted. When our CCA students see their Cairo bookmarks, they can remember their fun time at the Egypt museum and to pray for the students at the Cairo Covenant School.