Churcher’s Junior College pupils immersed themselves in Ancient Egypt, during at trip to the British Museum.

Armed with new iPods for gathering information, children met King Nebamun and his family, analysed hieroglyphs with the help of the Rosetta Stone, identified the clothes Ancient Egyptians wore and studied the mummified remains of important Egyptians and their pets. 

Pupils were amazed by the amulets including the Eye of Horus, Djed Pillar, Ankh, Scarab and their power for good luck and protection in the afterlife. 

The gruesome processes of mummification was fascinating, including the tools to remove the brains and organs to put in canopic jars, ready for the natron salt to dry the body and the embalming oils to preserve. 

As well as developing their history, children took images of the items to use in their design technology project to make a piece of jewellery in the style of an Ancient Egypt piece.