Quiz – Ancient Egyptian games Activity 4: Make your own Mehen board Activity 5: History Explorer game The ancient Egyptians didn’t spend all their time working or preparing for the afterlife.

Child: Ancient Egypt is so different from the Egypt of today. Why did they stop building pyramids and huge statues and temples? Abdul: Things have changed a great deal these last 700 years.

Making history palatable for schoolchildren isn’t easy – but the work that’s gone into this imaginative show on ancient Egypt pays off ...