Mummified apples

How to Mummify Apples

Recreate the mummification process & make an apple mummy using apples, salt, baking soda. Enrichment activity for Ancient Egypt social studies units.

Ancient Egypt – Pepper and Pine

Oooh, Egyptian Mummies, who could resist? As part of my Expedition Earth Egypt activities my kids couldn’t wait to mummify an apple this week! They’ve been talking about it for awhile now, kind of like the Brazilian Rainforest Diorama. The ancient Egyptian mummification process is quite lengthy. It typically lasts…

When beginning a study of world history, it's always best to begin at the beginning...with ancient civilizations. For the next few weeks, I will be sharing an on-going unit study of one of the oldest known people groups of the world, the Ancient Egyptians. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) As a Christian, I confess that the Egyptian culture is cloaked in evil spiritism and a religious immorality. Neither of which I wish to discuss in…

Learn how to make a mummy out of a dehydrated apple. Making apple mummies is a great STEM activity for your social studies units about Ancient Egypt.

After 7 days we uncovered our mummified apples and had a very close look at what had happened. Some mixtures of salts had dried out the apple really well. Others left the original colour of the apple intact. Have a look at the comparison board and see if you can decide what mixture was the best for mummifying an apple.

Last Monday we started an experiment to determine what mixtures of baking soda (natron), iodized salt and Epsom salt would best mummify a sl...

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Learn about mummification by making apple mummies with Ancient Egypt science experiment and explore Magic Tree House Mummies in the Morning!