Ancient Egyptian symbols: the Lotus flower teaching resources

By Rachel Hayward | 18 February 2011
 
Photo showing an Ancient Egyptian blue bowl from the British Museum collection with a design of lotus flowers around a water pool in the centre of the bowl
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The British Museum has some great resources, including photos of relevant objects in its online collection, to help pupils explore the significance of the lotus flower as a symbol of rebirth in Ancient Egyptian life.

So we've brought these together in our pupil-friendly guide to the lotus flower on our kids' site Show Me.

There you'll find a brief guide to the symbolism of the lotus flower in Ancient Egyptian life, a link to the British Museum's collection of objects and their Ancient Egypt microsite.

There's also a link in the Show Me feature to CLEO's wonderful video step-by-step guide to making an origami lotus flower. Just don't forget to make your flower out of blue-green paper as the Ancient Egyptians believed this colour also represented new life.

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