Ancient Egyptian Workshop

Today, Year 4 were treating to a fantastic hands-on Egyptian workshop by Estelle from the IOW Heritage Service. Estelle told us all about a Victorian collector called Sir Henry Seton-Karr and showed us some of his amazing collection of Egyptian artefacts. We learned all about mummification and even took part in a mummification ceremony, where we explored some of the artefacts in more detail. We then got to look at the artefacts up close, even getting to hold them in our hands. It was amazing to think that some of the things we were holding were over 3000 years old!






















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