Rosetta is a city in Egypt where the Rosetta Stone was found

when someone changes one language into another, they translate it

a scribe is someone who is trained to write or copy things

in Ancient Egypt, religion was a set of beliefs about gods, the afterlife and how to behave

something that concerns religion is described as religious

The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian writing

History

In ’Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?’ pupils are introduced to their first Bronze Age civilisation in order to gain familiarity with this concept. In ‘Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?’ pupils now encounter multiple early civilisations in overview in order to strengthen this concept and make connections.

In 'Bronze and Iron Age Britain: how did life change during this time?' pupils examined the archaeological record with a focus on the changes brought about by the Bronze and Iron Ages. In ’Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?’ pupils are introduced to their first Bronze Age civilisation in order to gain familiarity with this concept.

This unit evaluates the degree of change and continuity over 3,000 years. It also introduces pupils to the key features of ancient Egyptian civilisation, such as its location, religion, writing, burial practices and rulers.

Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

In which country is the port city Rosetta?

What was discovered hidden in the wall of a fort near Rosetta?

Complete the sentence. When you change a sentence from one language to another, you {{ }} it.

In Ancient Egypt, whose job was it to record all written information?

In Ancient Egypt, what did scribes do with reeds?

French soldiers wanted to use Fort Julien as a base

some French soldiers were sent to inspect Fort Julien

 a French soldier discovered the Rosetta Stone in a wall

archeologists used the Greek writing on the Stone to translate the hieroglyphs

Put the events in the correct order, starting with the earliest. 

The River {{ }} flows through Egypt and was very important to the Ancient Egyptians.

Complete the sentence. Howard Carter was excavating in the Valley of the {{ }} when he discovered a hidden door.

What type of people have a job that involves digging things up to find evidence about the past?

What did the Ancient Egyptians use hieroglyphs for?

Order the letters to make the word for a place where the Egyptians put the bodies of pharaohs after death.

What was special about the door that Howard Carter discovered?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian writing

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.