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Children discover the amazing science of archaeology as they uncover 'ancient' artifacts! After carefully excavating with tools like real archaeologists use, kids can wet the Mystery Matrix Sand to create one of two sand sculptures for display (molding tray provided in each kit). Clay can be recast again and again with the same artifacts or any other items for hours of archaeological adventures! Each kit comes with easy-to follow instructions and facts in the Archaeologist's Guide Book. Artifacts include a scarab, hieroglyphic tablet, ankh symbol, and jackal. Sand sculpture molds create a pyramid or sphinx.
Santa brought this (along with the Egyptology book) for my 5 year old son this Christmas. He's been really "into Egypt" for about a year.
We thought this would be something he could do himself with minimal assistance from one of us as it was clay. It wasn't. The "clay" was very hard and I had to do most of the digging with the blunt end of the included tool. My son had a ball using the brush to help (and that was actually very useful - we got a slightly larger paintbrush and things went a little faster). The items were all stacked together so they were difficult to remove. While I was annoyed with the process, the little guy thought the whole thing was fantastic and spent an hour with the brush cleaning everything off and looking at his treasures. We "translated" hieroglyphs that were on the tablet we'd uncovered, which was kind of cool too.
You can save the clay, mash it up, and recast it as a pyramid or a sphinx (the kits come with different doo-dads in the clay and different molds - I'm assuming it's a "collect all three!" type deal). We're looking forward to that. This is why I gave it a high "durable" rating - you can recast as often as you wish.
When we were done, my son looked at the box and saw the ad for the "Mayan Dig!" and asked what that meant. We went to the internet and looked up the Mayans and now he's asking to go to the library to get books. In and of itself the toy isn't very educational, but it does lead to questions and looking up answers, so I gave it a high rating there.
If you have an inquisitive kid with an interest in ancient cultures, this is a worthwhile item.
We went to the King Tut exhibit this summer, and I thought this would be a good addition to what my daughter had learned. She really enjoyed it, it just went very quickly. The only negative thing she said was that they buried all the stuff together. The book was informative, the artifacts were interesting, and she enjoyed chipping away at the items in the block. If archeology is your child's "thing" this is a good toy to check out.
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About GeoSafari Buried Treasure Digs: Egyptian Dig. detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #44926 in Toys & Games
- Brand: Educational Insights
- Model: 5150
- Released on: 2006-06-12
- Dimensions: 8.87" h x 6.87" w x 3.31" l, 1.00 pounds
Features
- Artifacts include a scarab, hieroglyphic tablet, ankh symbol, and jackal. Sand sculpture molds create a pyramid or sphinx
- Clay can be recast again and again with the same artifacts, or with any other items, for hours of archaeological adventures
- Discover the amazing science of archaeology as you uncover "ancient" artifacts
- kit includes easy - to - follow instructions in the Archaeologist's Guide Book, as well as facts about life in ancient Egypt, the Middle Ages, or Mayan culture
- Ages 7 and up
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