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Title: Ancient Egyptian Daily Life


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Ancient EgyptianDaily Life
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Social Classes
  • Pharaohgod like king
  • Vizierclose advisor to the pharaoh

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  • Priests and nobles-religious element of life, and
    rich people
  • scribeswriting, record keepinghieroglyphics

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  • artisans and merchantsskilled workers and people
    who dealt in business
  • Farmers and soldiersalong the banks of the Nile,
    fruits, dates, nuts, veggies, and a lot of
    cottonused a shadaoflong pole with a bucket on
    one end and stone on other to lift water,
    soldiers often uneducated and untrained



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  • slavespeople from other cultures who were
    captured or people sold into slavery

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Clothing and Style
  • men hair short or shaved, robes for rich, no
    shirts skirts
  • women-rich shaved heads and wore wigs, dyed hair
    red or black, gold jewelry, cotton dresses, eye
    make-upblack and green

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  • priestsshaved every third daywhole body
  • tatoos were popular, perfumes and scents for men
    and women
  • sandals or bare feet

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Life of the Wealthy
  • boys were taught to read and write
  • girls taught to take care of the home, singing
    and dancingarts
  • wealthy women had many rights
  • homes were several storiesfirst for business,
    2nd and 3rd for living and bedroomsvery rich
    built of stone
  • wealthy and workers used rooftops for many
    thingscooler
  • capes to protect shoulders

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Life of the Workers
  • long hours, trading for goods
  • most were farmersmerchants sold in open air
    bazaars
  • men and women wove linen
  • boys learned a trade earlygirls took care of
    home
  • homes were one to two storiessun dried bricks of
    mud
  • one door, no windows, wooden blocks as pillows,
    reeds or woven leather for bed, cooked outside,
    ladder to roof, basement for food, sand dunes for
    protection from flooding

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