VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Museum Entrance Welcome to the Lobby Instruments, Music and Dance Games and Entertainment Art Museum of Egyptian Culture

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Instruments, Dance, and Music Cite Sources: Name: Museum of Egyptian Culture

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Games and Entertainment Cite Sources: Name: Museum of Egyptian Culture

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Art Cite Sources: Name: Museum of Egyptian Culture

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Chloe McCueInstruments, music and dance Junior McBrideGames and entertainment Amanda CullenArt Museum of Egyptian culture Back to Lobby

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum At festivals they played many instruments like harps, drums, flutes, symbols and many more. They also had dancers that would leap and twirl and the people in the audience would dance and move to the rhythm. Simply clapping or the tap of a foot could be important music for the Egyptians. Music was heard in temples as part of worship. The earliest evidence of music traced back to 3100 BC. Music Back to Room 1

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum The Egyptians used string instruments, wind instruments and percussion instruments. Egyptian instruments were played at religious festivals. The flute was created in the Old Kingdom. The invented something called a lute in Egypt during the New Kingdom. Instruments Back to Room 1

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Girls had to know how to dance because at festivals people picked among the servants to dance in front of the crowd. Women who danced wore a kind of robe called a diaphanous robe or belt girdles made of beads. Training for dancers began when they were just a young child. The Egyptians danced at funerals in groups, not alone. Girls danced at classes as part of education. Dance Back to Room 1

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Board games were great past time in pharaoh's lives and senet was the most popular. Egyptian kids played with toy soldiers and dolls but they also loved chasing of birds. Boys were much rougher than girls. Games Back to Room 2

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Girls were more into dolls wall boys were into outdoor sports like archery, wrestling, swimming and running. Egyptians had no organized sports but they did do wrestling, boxing, rowing, swimming, running and archery. The Egyptian kids loved to play football (soccer). Sports Back to Room 2

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Big activities in Egypt were tug of war and they fenced with sticks Ancient Egyptian children played versions of leapfrog and hopscotch. Big activities for boys were fencing and soccer {Football}. Entertainment Back to Room 2

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum In 7000 BC the use of pottery for ancient Egyptians had begun. Egypt created pottery before pyramids. They decorated the pottery with patterns. Pottery Back to Room 3

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Hieroglyphics began 5000 years ago. After hieroglyphics they used a cursive writing called demotic. Only scribes were allowed to write. Hieroglyphics Back to Room 3

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN DAILY LIFE FAMOUS WOMEN MATRILINEAL TRIBES CREATION MYTHS CURATOR INFORMATION Name of Museum Ancient Egyptians drew things that were special to them. They used art to show their daily lives and work. Art was important to their culture. Paintings Back to Room 3