ANCIENT EGYPT PUZZLES

Our schools 'Egypt Detectives' workshop can't run at the moment, so we've turned some of our objects into online jigsaw puzzles!

How quickly can you crack our puzzles? What will you learn about Ancient Egypt along the way?

Model of a funerary boat from Ancient Egypt (c. 2125–1940 BC)

This model is from a tomb. The Ancient Egyptians believed that boats helped transport the dead to the Afterlife. They also symbolised the journey of the dead person to the sacred site of Abydos.

Find out which famous river flows through Egypt.

EASY

Ancient Egyptian Hippopotamus Figurine c. 3600–3500

Hippopotamus figurine, Egypt (c. 3600–3500 BC)

Animals were important to the Ancient Egyptians. Their gods could be in animal or human form or a mixture of the two. Hippos fiercely defend their young, so Ancient Egyptians chose her to protect women and children.

What animal would you choose to protect your family?

EASY

Canopic Jars, Egypt, (c. 380-343 BC)

Canopic jars were used to store the organs that were removed from a body when it was mummified. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus.

Can you find? Hapy (baboon head) - lungs, Imsety (human head) - liver, Qebehsenuef (falcon head) intestines - and Duamutef (jackal head) - stomach.

MEDIUM

Mummy of Meresamun, Egypt (c. 830–715 BC)

Meresamun was an important singer and musician who worked in a temple to Amun. She must have been rich to have such a richly decorated coffin.

Visit our Learning Resources to watch our mummification animation.

MEDIUM

Shrine of Taharqa, Sudan, (c. 690–664 BC)

This sandstone shrine is part of a temple built at Kawa in about 680 BC on the orders of a Pharaoh called Taharqa. Which figure do you think is Taharqa? (Clue: look for his cartouche)

Visit our Learning Resources to have a go at our Hieroglyphs Challenge.

DIFFICULT

Copy of wall painting from private tomb of Ramosi, Thebes, showing funerary procession, by Nina Davies (1881 - 1965) - detail

Copy of an Ancient Egyptian tomb painting by Nina de Garis Davies

Nina de Garis Davies worked with her husband in the early 1900s to trace and make copies of Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings. This scene shows a funeral procession.

What items can you spot people carrying to be placed in the tomb?

DIFFICULT