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Chapter 6  "The Writing on the Wall" Pages 31 - 36

 

Cartouche

Making a Cartouche A cartouche is a sign with a hieroglyphic name. We typed our names into the Egyptian Name Translator. Next we printed out the Hieroglyphs.
Cartouche We made a salt dough mixture by blending 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, and 3/4 cups of warm water.
Cartouche We shaped the salt dough into an oval shape. Next we used a tooth pick to carve our names into the salt dough.