New Learning Resources
This page features the activities that I've added most recently. More activities can be found in the Hieroglyphs Resources Archive, Coptic Resources Archive and Latin Resources Archive.
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Latin (added 18/2/25)
Vocab and verbs practice
Prepare for battle!
(intermediate)
Match the labels to the image (please forgive the lack of historicity in armour etc!). The labels are useful phrases for describing battles, including some old favourites from GCSE past papers. Most of the vocab comes from the OCR GCSE defined vocab list, although if you're following that specification you'll find a few words that aren't on the list as an extra challenge. Write down translations as you go, then check them against the answer key. Be particularly careful with the verbs and watch out for future tenses, passives and deponents.
Click here to see translations of the labels.
Hieroglyphs (added 17/12/24)
Vocabulary for Papyrus Westcar (The Boating Party)
(more experienced learners)
Following on from the Wax Crocodile activities, here's some vocabulary practice to help you warm up before reading the next story in Papyrus Westcar - the Boating Party. As before, it's available in two forms - this time a quiz and an aeroplane game - choose the one you prefer or try them both!
For more about Papyrus Westcar, take a look at my blog article What to read next in Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs: Papyrus Westcar (AKA 'Tales of Wonder' or 'King Cheops and the Magicians').
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Coptic (added 13/8/24)
Basic vocabulary 2 - words for things
(complete beginner)
You can use these flashcards to help you learn some Coptic words for things. This activity follows on from Coptic - Basic vocabulary 1.
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There are picture hints and, for those who are still learning the alphabet, the approximate pronunciation of each word is given in inverted commas.
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Students of hieroglyphs might like to see if they can work out the Middle Egyptian versions of any of these words.
These resources pages are a work in progress. They are intended for use alongside a course of study (independent or taught); the target learner level is indicated in the title.
I welcome constructive comments and requests for particularly activity types/ topics - please email me at drthomas@principiaparva.co.uk.​​
I have used JSesh (an open source word processor for hieroglyphs) to write the hieroglyphs and transliterations in some of my games. I'm very grateful to its creator for making this resource freely available to Egyptologists everywhere.
