How can you tell they’ve got it: Egyptian Tomb Paintings and Artefacts?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Describe what can be learned about Egyptian life by studying a tomb painting or artefact; Explain that objects found in tombs and ruins are evidence that helps archaeologists understand the past; Give an example of something specific a painting or object reveals (e.g., what food they ate, what games they played). Or just try it together: If your child looks at an ancient Egyptian painting showing people fishing and feasting, can they explain what it tells us about how Egyptians lived?

History Ancient Egypt Ages 7–9

Egyptian Tomb Paintings and Artefacts

Your child can use old tomb paintings and objects to learn how Egyptians lived. A painting of people fishing or feasting shows us what they did each day.

In curriculum terms

Use tomb paintings, artefacts, and objects from ancient Egypt as evidence to find out about daily life: Nebamun's tomb paintings show hunting and feasting, jewellery and furniture reveal craftsmanship, and everyday objects like pots and tools tell us what ordinary people used — understanding that these sources are how we piece together information about a civilisation that ended thousands of years ago

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Describe what can be learned about Egyptian life by studying a tomb painting or artefact
Explain that objects found in tombs and ruins are evidence that helps archaeologists understand the past
Give an example of something specific a painting or object reveals (e.g., what food they ate, what games they played)

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Try this together

If your child looks at an ancient Egyptian painting showing people fishing and feasting, can they explain what it tells us about how Egyptians lived?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Discovering Tutankhamun's Tombages 5–7Using artefacts as evidence builds on knowing what archaeologists do

Vocabulary: ancient egyptages 5–9Using tomb paintings and artefacts as evidence requires 'artefact', 'tomb', 'archaeologist' vocabulary

Non-Fiction Text Featuresages 6–9Using tomb paintings, papyri, and artefacts as evidence draws on the non-fiction reading skills for understanding how documents and visual texts are organised

Egyptian Gods and Goddessesages 7–9Tomb paintings depict gods — knowing the gods helps interpret the art

Egyptian Tomb Paintings and Artefactsthis skill · ages 7–9

Unlocks

Egyptian Art and Architectureages 9–11Art conventions builds on understanding tomb paintings as evidence

Modern Archaeology and Egyptian Ethicsages 10–12Modern Egyptology ethics builds on understanding artefacts as historical evidence

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HS1S03low confidenceYear 1 · Skills

interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

HS1-HIS-01high confidenceHSIE K-6 · Stage 1

HS2-HIS-01low confidenceHSIE K-6 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HH6S04low confidenceHistory · Levels 5 and 6 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand

VC2HH4S04low confidenceHistory · Levels 3 and 4 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand

VC2HH6S03low confidenceHistory · Levels 5 and 6 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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