Instructify

September 16, 2009

In Escape from the Mummy’s Tomb! your elementary students must recover Egyptian artifacts from inside a pyramid. As the title of the game has no doubt alerted you, you’ll have to wrest these artifacts from an undead mummy’s cold, dead, bandaged fingers.

After your students have finished their archaeological adventure, they’ll find themselves in a museum, where they must put the artifacts in their proper display cases. Once that’s done, they must answer questions about the artifact — for example, what is the significance of the model boat in the Mummy’s tomb? (Answer: it’s how they get around, because the Afterlife is apparently flooded). The questions aren’t exactly sphinx-like, but they do make for good review of Egyptian history.

Escape from the Mummy’s Tomb! isn’t that difficult of a game, but it’s a fun way for young students to learn about ancient Egyptian art and culture, as well as try to escape the clutches of a mummy. It just goes to show, if you want kids to study your culture, it can’t hurt to add an undead monster to spice things up.

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