2. Supplementary videos



Featured video: Scarab Egyptian scarab. Supports: textbook 'Ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 2 min

Egyptian papyrus How Egyptian papyruses was made and how to write hieroglyphics with a quill. Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 3 min (V1040)

Making a basic meal A video showing a basic stew being cooked. It uses modern tools but explains what it was, why it was made, and how it lasted as a key meal even to the present day. This example is using UK ingredients, but stews/pottages such as this were common in Ancient Egypt, and the rest of the world through the ages. Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 8 min (V1040)

Making flour by hand This video shows grain being ground by hand using a pestle and mortar to produce flour. People in the past had to grind corn manually like this to make the flour needed to make bread. Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Egyptians'. Playing time: 4 min (V970)