Customer Reviews

Lift The Lid On Mummies

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I bought this for my 9-year-old nephew. He was having problems in school, and I struggled to find a present that would help him see that learning is fun. I was amazed at the hit this was! He knows now that learning isn't all boring, and all my other neices and nephews were amazed by this kit. Even us adults found ourselves playing with the kids and learning about mummies...the kit even has guts for you to "maintain"! What a buy!

I bought this for a nine-year-old and we both enjoyed it thoroughly. It "unwraps" the mystery of mummies which was fun and educational for both of us! Most kids become fascinated by mummies and this gives them a broader perspective, making the whole thing clearer. I highly recommend this as a great gift item.

This book was very enjoyable for me to read and I found plenty of useful information I was able to use on my school project. The mummy was so much fun to make and admire. This is such a good book, I can't imagine not reading. I've learned so many things about mummies that I never even thought about before.

WOW WOW AND WOW! I have been a MAJOR Egypt fan since third grade, and let me tell you, being in eighth grade now, I can say this is a GREAT gift for anyone into it. I have had a WONDERFUL time learning more about the mummification process by using the hands-on body they give you and all the organs and tools to successfully mummify a phararoh. :-) it was LOADS of fun for me and my friend even bought herself one too! The greatest thing, is that you can learn from the book, and the experience. It has made learning more about Egypt fun and exciting! Great!!

Like many kids his age, my seven year old son is VERY interested in mummies. (I think it's one of those ways kids cope with beginning to understand the concept of death and death rituals, so I figure it's okay to indulge his macabre interests!!) Anyways, I paid $19.99 for this kit at a local museum, and even at five dollars more than the Amazon price, it was a great value! The enclosed book that comes with the kit is terrific on it's own. It starts by explainging about ancient Egyptian mummies, the rituals surrounding their production, and why these rituals were important to the ancients. As the book describes the rituals in very kid-friendly but still no-holds-barred kind of way, your child can follow along with the enclosed kit pieces to make his own super-cool mummy. There are even canopic jars! The book then goes on to describe where else mummies can be found and discusses how some are intentionally made by man while others occur naturally due to environmental conditions. Top notch all the way through!

I did this project with my 7 year old son and he and I both enjoyed it. It contains everything you need except glue and scissors and was easily completed in a short time. He kept asking me to do it and I kept putting it off not wanting to take the time but I was pleased with how easy it was and not too time consuming. He enjoyed making the canoptic jars and wrapping the mummy.

I did not look at the ages when I ordered it but was pleasantly suprised when I received it. My children are taking up an interest in some of the wierd stuff I like and this will be a GREAT project for them.

My five-year-old son and I did this project together (okay, so I did most of the work, but he was engaged in "helping" the whole time, which is saying something). We have completed pretty much every "mummy" kit we can get our hands on, and this one was probably the best. This kit contains a plastic "pharoah" body with a cavity inside that holds his internal organs. After you assemble the canopic jars, remove the organs, place them in the appropriate jar, and top them with super-cool authentic-looking lids. Then put the body back together and wrap with included gauze. We felt there wasn't enough gauze, so I cut some white cotton into strips, which he unwrapped and wrapped again about 1,000 times! Now the kit is secure in his "treasure drawer" beside his bed. Very cool and fun! He learned a lot.

I purchased Lift The Lid on Mummies as a gift for a gifted eight-year-old with a passion for learning about Egypt. Not only was he in love with this hands-on history lesson, it was so much fun and so very interesting that his parents became quite involved in the process and learned a lot, as well.

This is a great gift for anyone studying Egyptian history, or, indeed, for anyone who has a desire to continuously learn and stimulate his imagination.

What a magnificent toy!

We've used "Lift the Lid on Mummies" a few times now in our 3rd grade after-school program, as part of a unit on Ancient Egypt. The kids just love it! Each one takes part in the process (e.g., assembling canoptic jars, putting organs in jars, wrapping the mummy, tucking the amulets into the wrapping, and reading the "Curse of the Mummy"). It really brings Ancient Egypt alive! (Bad pun...sorry...) Moreover, we not only learned about Egyptian mummies from the enclosed book, but also about other forms of mummification. It's a blast! We've used this kit along with the Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest, SPEND A DAY IN ANCIENT EGYPT activity book, the PYRAMIDS Kaleidoscope Kids activity book, WRITE LIKE AN EGYPTIAN (hieroglyphics for secret messages) and the MYSTERIES OF EGYPT DVD with Omar Sharif for our unit on Ancient Egypt. Even the adult volunteers enjoyed these and learned something new. This is a great kit for home schooling as well as for after-school programs.