Family Reading Club

Every so often I'll meet a kid who is REALLY into ancient Egypt. Students generally start learning about ancient world cultures somewhere around 6th grade, as part of a social studies unit. Some classes start a little earlier, around 4th or 5th grade. There's a lot about ancient Egypt to interest kids-- hieroglyphs, pyramids, mummies, mythology, etc.-- and some kids get so into it that they develop a lifelong love of everything ancient Egyptian! *This post contains affiliate links. Read our full disclosure policy here. If you missed that phase yourself: The ancient Egyptians were a civilization centered near the Nile River, in what is modern-day Egypt. In book terms, "Ancient Egypt" covers the time period from 3150 B.C.E. to about 30 B.C.E. when Egypt became a province of Rome ...