MetKids map of Egyptian galleries

Have you ever wondered about sphinxes, hieroglyphs, mummification, or pharaohs? Explore ancient Egypt with your family through these online resources that children will love! Teachers, integrate ancient Egyptian works of art into your teaching with the lesson plan below.

Ancient Egypt for Families and Educators

For Kids and Families:

MetKids Map MetKids Map of the Egyptian galleries

MetKids Map of the Egyptian galleries

Drawing of Hermes holding paint bucket

#MetKids Time Machine

How to Weave a Basket Meketre offering bearer with a basket on her head

Meketre offering bearer with a basket on her head

#MetKidsVideo — How to Weave a Basket

Two girls at the Temple of Dendur

#MetKids Video — How Did They Get All This Art into the Museum?

MetKids Paint Like an Egyptian Image of the god Re-Harakhty

Image of the god Re-Harakhty

#MetKids Blog — Paint Like an Egyptian

Gaming piece with the head of a hound

#MetKids Blog — Hounds and Jackals: A Game from an Ancient Egyptian Tomb

Nefertari playing senet

#MetKids Blog — Senet and Twenty Squares: Two Board Games Played by Ancient Egyptians

The king making an offering to a god

#MetKids Blog — Stories in Stone: How an Egyptian Temple Tells Its Story

ivory hair pin with hippo on top

#MetKids Blog — Tons of Tiny Hippos

William the Hippo looking down from a shelf

#MetKids Blog — Two Blue Hippos

William the Hippo

#MetKids Blog — A #MetKids Question for William the Hippo

Cover of Family Guide with illustrated graphic of the Temple of Dendur in shades of yellow, orange, and pink

Family Guide—The Temple of Dendur

Family Guide called Think Sphinx

Family Guide—Think Sphinx

Family Guide to Pharaohs, Sphinxes, and Hippos with a drawing of William the Hippo

Family Guide — Pharaohs, Sphinxes, and Hippos, in conjunction with the exhibition Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom (now closed)

Kids Question and Answer Family Guide in English

Family Guide — Kids’ Q&A

Family guide in Spanish

Guía familiar — Las preguntas de los niños

For Educators:

Plant columns at the entrance to the Temple of Dendur

Lesson Plan — Architecture and the Natural World