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Shabti: the mystery Solved (pt 5/5)

Shabti: the mystery Solved (pt 5/5)
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  • Shabti: the mystery Solved (pt 5/5)
  • Duration: 3:09
  • In the tomb Jamie discovers a grid painted on the wall. He also finds hieroglyphs. Jamie asks Marcelle to translate the hieroglyphs on the shabti Marcelle has. The hieroglyphs describe how shabti was a special servant who carried out agricultural work for the dead. This clip has subtitles available in Flash.
  • Subject:

    History

       Topic:

    Egyptians

  • Keywords: Ramose tomb, shabti, class of society, Egyptian painting, hieroglyphs, subtitled
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  • Suggest that children answer the following questons: What is shabti? What was it used for? What are hieroglyphs?
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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