In the Shadow of the Pyramids
Based in the Museum’s Ancient Egypt exhibit, this tour covers popular highlights of this long-lived civilization: the importance of the Nile, writing and the Rosetta Stone, tombs and the afterlife, and mummification. Students also hear an ancient folktale and decorate their own scroll.
Theme: Ancient Connections
Some of the Museum’s most popular tours focus on the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Attend an Athenian trial. Write cuneiform on a clay tablet. Meet a mummy.