Today we visited the Oriental Museum in Durham. Whilst we were there, we handled and described different artefacts from Ancient Egypt, discovered interesting facts, cracked Hieroglyphic codes and even dressed up in Egyptian clothing! On the afternoon, we all attended a ‘Weighing of the Hearts Ceremony’. During this, we learnt how to mummify a Pharaoh and played the role of Egyptian Gods to decide the Pharaoh’s fate. We even got to see a real-life sarcophagus and a 2000-year-old mummy!
