GALLERY GUIDE
Explore the world of Pa-debehu-Aset, and the sacred stories that relate the Egyptian journey to the afterlife. Learn how a mummy is made, and explore reading and writing in ancient Egypt. Prepare for your visit by downloading a copy of the Gallery Guide.
View selected objects in the exhibition
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS:
- Ancient Egypt for Young Children, 3 lesson plans — bibliography by Susan L. Sullivan, Curriculum Consultant
- Ancient Egypt in the Classroom, previsit suggestions — 5 lesson plans by Glenda VanRy, Geneseo Central School
- Egypt in the Art Room, 6 lesson plans & bibliography by James Clark, Geneseo Central School
Maps
Timelines
- Egypt, 1000 B.C.—1 A.D. section of the Timeline of Art History, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Timeline from MAG
Video
"The Integrity of the Ancient Hand: Conserving the Rochester Coffins,"
a 30-minute video specially commissioned to document the study and conservation
of the coffins, is available for loan from the Teacher Resource Center
and will be on sale in the Gallery Store. Follow the journey of conservator
Mimi Leveque and Egyptologist Joyce Haynes as their work on the coffins
opens the door to ancient Egypt. Explore the techniques of ancient Egyptian
craftsmen and the scientific practices of 21st-century conservators, and
learn the identity and religious beliefs of the original owner of the
coffins—a man named Pa-debehu-Aset, who lived and died 2,300 years
ago.
Websites
- Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans for Teachers from the Detroit Institute of Arts
- Ancient Egypt Online from the Royal Ontario Museum
- Ancient Egypt Science — Technology from the Museum of Science, Boston
- Ancient Egypt section of Odyssey Online website from MAG — Emory University's Carlos Museum
- Art of Ancient Egypt website from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- British Museum website on Ancient Egypt
- Brooklyn Museum of Art website on Ancient Egypt
- Cleopatra website from the Art Institute of Chicago
- Demonstration of mummification from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute
- Egypt: A New Look @ an Ancient Culture from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Egypt’s Golden Empire, a PBS site
- Eternal Egypt website from 9 Egyptian museums
- Life in Ancient Egypt from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt website from the National Gallery of Art
- Rosetta Stone from the Cleveland Museum of Art's Fun for Kids Online site
- Teacher Resource Center on ancient Egypt from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute
- Search The Gateway to Educational Materials for many more teacher resources on Ancient Egypt
- Theban Mapping Project provides interactive glimpses of excavations in the Valley of Kings
- World Myths — Legends in Art from the Minneapolis Museum of Art
