First we were sent a mysterious letter and had to answer the questions to crack the hieroglyphics code which unlocked our new class book!
Then Miss White became an embalmer and turned poor Carly into a mummy!! Although Carly wasn’t hurt in the demonstration she did get VERY sticky with ‘jelly gore’!!
Then it was our turn to mummify a tomato 🍅
First, we scooped out all of the tomato gore! The Egyptians removed the lungs, liver, stomach and the intestines and placed them in canopic jars.
Next, we covered our dead bodies (tomatoes) in palm wine (anti-bacterial handwash) to clean the body.
Finally, we covered the tomatoes in salt to dry them out, just like the Egyptians used natron! We created natron using a mix of salt and bicarbonate of soda.
Now we will wait patiently for 50 days to see the results… stay tuned!
