Once upon a time, there was a pharaoh who wanted to be mummified so he could live forever. He asked the best embalmer in the land to do the job, but the embalmer had never mummified a pharaoh before.

The pharaoh was worried about how he would look after being mummified and asked the embalmer to depict him in the most beautiful way possible. The embalmer decided to use hieroglyphics to show the pharaoh's greatness.

One day, an archaeologist stumbled upon the pharaoh's tomb and found the artifact. The archaeologist was shocked to see that the pharaoh had a protruding nose and couldn't understand why the embalmer would depict him that way.

But then the archaeologist realized that the pharaoh was a monotheist and believed that having a protruding nose would bring him closer to his deity. The archaeologist also learned that the pharaoh was from a dynasty where having a protruding nose was considered a sign of good genetic luck.

And so, the archaeologist took the artifact back to the museum and told the story of the pharaoh and his protruding nose, making all the children who heard it laugh and learn about history at the same time.

Reflections

1. Why did the pharaoh want to be mummified?
2. How did the embalmer depict the pharaoh?
3. What did the archaeologist find in the pharaoh's tomb?
4. Why was the pharaoh's protruding nose important to him?
5. What did the archaeologist learn about the pharaoh's dynasty?