Discovering the Tomb

Imagine you are part of the excavation team led by Howard Carter in 1922, as they first caught sight of the glorious golden treasures of Tutankhamun’s tomb that had lain undisturbed for some 3,000 years. In teams, you will be entering the ‘tomb’ with torches and seeing what artefacts you can find. Beware: you can only stay in the tomb for a minute due to the dangerous build-up of poisonous gases over thousands of years. Once out, you will need to go back to your team to sketch what you saw...

Year 3 have been excited to join the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (a series of tables and mats making a maze of tunnels and chambers in the classroom!) to find the secret artefacts that had been hidden since they were sealed up 3000 years ago. They learnt about the job of an archaeologist, about the expedition to discover the tomb and what was found. It was quite scary going into the pitch black tomb, but very exciting and a lot of fun! Just ask Year 3 to tell you all about it.