Download Egypt

Devin B. #5
4-13-12
social studies
Ancient Egyptian Daily Life
Would you like to know more about ancient Egyptian daily life? Well I
would.There are lots of things to know about clothes, food, and shelter.
Ancient Egyptians had very unusual homes. Rich or poor, their houses looked
alike on the outside. All regular Egyptians had little furniture, with a couple of stools, and
some tiny tables. An ordinary family might have had one bed, sometimes they didn’t
have any. Ancient Egyptians usually slept on their roof to keep cool. A merchant usually
had his work or shop in the front room of the house. Most egyptians had houses made
of sun-baked brick, made from two simple materials; mud and straw.
Clothes were very different from what we use today. We usually use denim, and
cotton, but what egyptians used was linen which was made from a plant called flax. If you
were wealthy, you had a higher quality of linen. Men and women both shaved their
heads, just so they could put the hair right back on, but made into a wig. Why did they
do this? They had different types of wigs for different occasions. Men or women, rich or
poor, wore beaded, or gold collars around their necks. They also had things called ear
studs. On occasion, women usually wore cones on their head made of perfume
incense. another cone was put on when the original one melted. If Egyptians had
sandals, they usually held them, and would put them on at necessary points.
Regular Egyptians didn’t have a wide selection of food. They had vegetables like
lettuce and beans, and a few fruits such as figs and pomegranates. Egyptians, rich or
poor, didn’t eat very much meat. Occasionally, the rich would eat meat, but only at
feasts. Since the poor couldn’t afford feasts, they would just eat fish, but rich and poor
alike ate on the floor with their fingers. Because the men were at work, the women
would cook the food over open fires, or in clay ovens, which they then served on plates
made of clay as well. The nobility had more proper eating. They ate on tables, with
silverware made of a expensive metal.
Egyptians had the same kind of daily life, but also very different. They would
sleep on roofs, not in beds. They would eat the same foods, but not on tables, on the
floor. Egyptians did have a complicated life, but not to them.
T.Steinke 21
4/4/12
Hunting and fishing in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt did hunting for many different reasons. In these paragraphs
you can find out the many different ways and things hunted and fished in Ancient Egypt.
In Ancient Egypt some fisherman [before the New Kingdom] would stand in
boats and throw harpoons at fish that were in the water, but when the New Kingdom started
people usually had a hook and line.
Even though cavemen even hunted and fished, the Ancient Egyptians were the
first civilization to believe in hunting and fishing as a sport.I think other civilizations thought
of hunting and fishing as survival other than sport.
Did you know that Ancient Egyptians hunted big game to eat at feasts and
other big celebrations. These are a couple things Ancient Egyptians hunted. Lion, hippo,
fish, and antelope.
Those are ways and things Ancient Egyptians hunted and fished.
https://www.google.com/images/cleardot.gif
Zoe Gray #1
4/13/12
writing
Daily Life In Ancient Egypt
Did you Know that if you lived in ancient egypt, life wouldn’t be too different than
life today? They ate food, wore clothes, went to school, and even sometimes had fun
like us! Although there were some things in common with us there were still plenty
things that made us different from each other.
The clothes that they wore were made of linen, a fabric made of flax which was
grown locally in Ancient Egypt. Girls would wear simple sleeveless dresses made of
linen, and boys, a simple piece of linen wrapped around their waist. Only the rich wore
dyed linen because it was much more expensive than linen at its original color. Ancient
Egyptians also wore makeup. The most common makeup people think about when they
hear the word Ancient Egypt is the black almond shaped circles around their eyes which
are made of khol mixed with animal fat to make it creamy and stick to their eyelids. The
reason Egyptians used khol was because it helped keep sun out of their eyes. They
also used Henna to stain their hair and cheeks(henna is a reddish shrub).
The Nile was very important to Ancient Egyptians because when the Nile
flooded, it made the soil for growing crops moist and ready to grow crops in. Some of
the crops farmers grew were corn, barley, and rice. Egyptians used barley to make
bread that was so hard and tough that it wore down the teeth of those who ate the
bread. They could also use the bread to make beer that even the children drank! Only
the rich ate meat, and even if the poor ate meat it would probably be fish meat. Unlike in
Ancient Egypt, we have many choices of veggies, fruits, and grains.
Egyptians did not have fancy furniture, they only had furniture that met their
needs. Instead of pillows they had hard wooden headrests. Egyptians usually had
chests for clothes and jars for food. Only the rich had chairs though. The size of an
Ancient Egyptian varied from the persons ranking. If they were farmers they would only
have little houses, but if they were rich they had much bigger houses. The houses were
usually made of mud brick that had been in the sun for so long that it had hardened.
So now you see that there were many things in common with our country but
there were still lots of differences that made us different. Like the different foods we
eat, we have lots of choices and they don’t. Their houses were made of mud brick and
our houses are made of cement bricks. Now you know a little bit more about Ancient
Egyptian daily life.
Thomas Carman#2
4/12/12
writing
Daily Life
Did you know that, the daily life in Ancient Egypt had many basic features in
common with ours today, but also many differences? Here are some.
Our clothes are shirts, pants, coats and socks, but Ancient Egyptians wore clothes
made from linen. Women wore dresses. Men wore kilts. Men did not wear shirts.
They wore beaded or jeweled collars, the higher the class you were in, the more rows
on the collar. We wear shoes. They went barefoot because the sandals made from
reeds and straw must have hurt a lot. The wealthy wore sandals made from leather.
Our houses have two floors, and garages, and theirs have columns and cellars.
Imagine you live in a house made from mud and straw, it would be very boring.
Our food is vegetables and fruits. But the Ancient Egyptian food was hyenas,
cranes, herons, gazelles, and antelopes. Imagine you are eating that. YUCK!
Clearly that is how daily life in Ancient Egypt is different from ours today.
Daily Life of an Ancient Egyptian
Kenna #3
4/11/12
Ancient Egyptians and us have the same needs and yet the Egyptian life seems simpler.
For example food and drinks shelter and clothing were very different.
Today we have pasta, hamburgers, ice cream, cookies, cakes, hot dogs, and so on.
However Egyptians had more simple food. Ancient Egyptians did not eat very much meat,
unless they were a royal. If they were a royal they would eat meat like antelope, fish, gazelles,
cranes, and even hyenas. They also ate bread and vegetables like onions, leeks, lettuce,
beans and pomegranates. For drinks they had water or beer.
Now we can live in mansions, motor homes, apartments, and retirement homes.
Egyptians live in sun baked houses made of mud and straw. We have TVs, chairs, tables,
couches, dishwashers and much more. Whereas Egyptians had stools, rugs, mats or beds to
sleep on and low tables. These houses were plain square buildings with small windows and a
flat roof.
Today we wear skirts, shirts, ball gowns, pants, and shorts.Egyptians wore linen clothes
made from flax . Men wore a piece of cloth around their waste.
Jerrin Concepcion #4
4/12/12
Daily Life
The daily life of an ancient Egyptian was different from our daily lives today and
with some things the same too.
One thing we have in common is that ancient Egypt had schools too. In ancient
Egypt, only boys were allowed to go to school while girls stayed home to learn house
skills from their mother. If the boys didn’t go to school, they learned skills from their
father like farming, and doing whatever their father did. Only the sons of rich parents
were allowed to become scribes or army officers. If the boys were to become scribes,
they would attend temple schools at the age of four or five. Ancient Egyptian school
teachers were very strict. They were so strict, they were allowed to hit students with a
rod if they were naughty.
What did the ancient Egyptians wear? Just about everyone wore makeup in
ancient Egypt because it protected their skin from the sun. Most ancient Egyptian
clothes were made of linen. Linen is a type of cloth woven from fibers of the flax plant.
Women usually wore linen dresses, while men just wore a wrapped linen kilt around
their waist. Rich and even poor people wore beaded and or jeweled collars, rings,
bracelets, etc. Most people in ancient Egypt went barefoot or wore sandals. Our clothes
are made of polyester, denim, cotton, leather, etc.
What kind of furnishings did the ancient Egyptians have? Most ancient Egyptians
didn’t have chairs. The only people that did have chairs were rich people. In ancient
Egypt, an ordinary family may have only one or even no beds! If it got too hot, the
ancient Egyptians would sleep on their roofs. Also, during Summer, the ancient
Egyptians would cover their doors and windows to keep out heat, dust, and other things.
All ancient Egyptian houses were made of sun-baked brick made from mud and
straw. Ancient Egyptian houses were just square buildings that had small windows and
a flat roof. Sometimes, the ancient Egyptians would cook on the roofs of their houses.
What did the ancient Egyptians eat? They ate foods like: bread, onions, beans,
figs, dates etc. Richer ancient Egyptians ate meat during special occasions and more
often than poor people who usually ate fish instead of meat. Ancient Egyptians would sit
on the floor and use their fingers to eat their meals.
Jerrin Concepcion #4
4/12/12
Ancient Egyptian daily life had some similarities and some differences compared
to our daily life.
Brody Daniels#6
4-12-12
Egyptian Essay
Ancient Egyptian Religion
The Egyptians believed many things we don’t today. They thought that there
was more than one god, and that their pharaoh was one of them. They also believed in
the afterlife, not the heaven type but a good underworld type.
Many people today don’t believe in the underworld but Egyptians did. They
got there by dieing. While they were down there they had to chant spells and defeat
monsters! Finally the greatest test of all was their hearts getting weighed with a
feather. It was not any regular feather, but the feather of truth. If their heart was
heavier than it, their heart gets eaten by a monster. If it’s lighter or equal then they can
pass through and live, and be happy forever, and they get to see their family.
Another thing that they believed that we don’t is they believed in more than one
god.There was Horus the king of the gods. He had the head of a falcon. There was
also Bast also known as Bastet. She was Ra’s most favored warrior and had the head
of a cat. The gods lived waaaay up in what we would call heaven. Speaking of which I
should probably say that the pharaoh goes up to the other gods instead of going to the
underworld. There he reunites with his father and like everyone else lives happily ever
after.
Thats some of what the Egyptians believed. Today most people don’t believe in
those things.
Natasha Decker #7
Writing
The Daily Life of Ancient Egypt
Daily life did not change a lot from the Egyptians back then to now. Like us in
2012 they had clothing,school and furniture. Although, we weren’t exactly alike. These
facts will help you understand.
For instance at age seven, only wealthy boys were allowed to go to school.
Girls had to stay home and learn domestic skills. Boys learned writing, arithmetic,
reading and religion. Sometimes, girls learned these skills at home as well. Some girls
became doctors. Poor people though couldn’t go to school because they couldn’t afford
it.
Now, we are at clothing, which was important to Ancient Egypt. Boys and
men wore a piece of linen around their waist. Girls and women wore a linen dress.
Linen was made of flax, Poor people didn’t have colorful linen, but rich people could
afford it, so wealthy people did have colorful linen. Linen was good for the Egyptians
surroundings because linen was very thin, so in the hot surrounding wearing something
thin is good and will cool you down.
Another fact is Egyptians did not have a lot of furniture. Poor people lived in
cramped villages, while rich people lived in estates on the outskirts. Although, they both
didn’t have a lot of furniture. They had a few stools and one or two small tables. Only
rich people had chairs. To keep cool in the Summer, rich or poor people, they often
slept on their roofs.
As you can see, Egyptians haven’t changed a lot. If you are wondering why they
didn’t change a lot from then to now is because Egyptians still do and have everything I
talked about. I named all the basics but, there isn’t much more about Daily Life for
Ancient Egypt. Egypt hasn’t changed a lot indeed!
The Nile
The Nile was very important to the Ancient Egyptian civilization. It was the water system
of Egypt. The Nile flows more than 4,000 miles north to the Mediterranean Sea. It is the one and
only river that flowed through Egypt. Egyptians did many things that had to do with the amazing
river.
One of the things was that they based their calendar on it. Egyptians had three seasons:
Shemu, Akhet, and Peret. In our months, Shemu lasted from January to June. Akhet lasted from
July to October, and Peret lasted from November to December. Peret was the month when all
the crops and plants grew. Shemu was the month of harvest.The month Akhet was when the
Nile flooded.
Egypt absolutely loved it when the nile flooded. In fact, someone wrote a poem about it.
The poem went: “Hail to you oh Nile! You have come to feed Egypt. When you flood, the land
rejoices. Joy when you come,o Nile! Joy when you come! You who feed men and animals, joy
when you come.” The poem was written in about 1,000 B.C by a priest.
When the Nile wasn’t flooding Egyptians went to the Nile to get water. Because the land
wasn’t level with the Nile, Egyptians used a device called a shaduf. A shaduf is a class 1 lever
that could lower a bucket into the river. Using the heavy stone at the end of the shaduf as a
counterweight, Egyptians could pull up a bucket of water.
Calendars based on it, poems written about it, and Egyptians getting water from it.
As you can see there are many different reasons why the Nile was important to Egyptians
civilization.
Sam Gallagher #10
4-12-12
Writing
Ancient Egyptian Language
The Ancient Egyptian language and number system was very confusing in the U.S.A.
Did you know it was hard to learn the language of Egypt when there are over 700
hieroglyphics? You bet it is, because the U.S.A only has 26 letters in our alphabet.They
have to know all the Hieroglyphics by heart. For example, a lion is L and a mouth is T,
there are many others I don’t know. There are Hieroglyphics for words and numbers,
but our symbols sometimes mean sounds. I mean that must have been confusing. As
for us, we only have to memorize 26 letters.
The Egyptians number system is very strange. Their numbers only go to one
million and ours go all the way to...well...never ending! It must have been hard to
memorize because they had weird symbols. For example, a coil of rope is 100, and a
god with his hands over his head is for one million. And the same as us, a straight line
for 1.
Also did you know that the only way we knew what hieroglyphics stood for was
because of the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone was a stone found in the 1900s, and
the same thing written three times in three different languages: Greek, Demotic, and
Hieroglyphics, we already knew the languages of greek and demotic. We figured that if
the same thing was written two times in languages we knew that the same thing must
be written in Hieroglyphics. We didn’t have a clue what hieroglyphics stood for until the
Rosetta Stone.
So that is why Ancient Egyptians language and number system is very confusing
for us today.
Gillian Guerra #11
4-12-12
Writing
Daily life in Ancient Egypt
Do you know about daily life in Ancient Egypt? Many Ancient Egyptians had jobs, made
food, wore makeup, and wore clothes.
Ancient Egyptians would have probably gone blind without makeup. The dark makeup
they wore under their eyes. Because the sun bounced off their cheeks and went into their eyes,
the egyptians put dark makeup on their cheeks so it would not bounce into their eyes. Boys,
girls, men, and women all wore dark makeup under their eyes. Also sometimes they would use
henna (type of colored polisher) to stain their nails and hair. Oil was also considered makeup. If
the egyptians did not have it they would have all turned to raisins. The oil softened their skin
from the heat of the sun. Clothes in Egypt were helpful too.Boys wore a piece of linen around
their waist. Girls wore dresses made from linen with beautiful beaded collars over them.
Everybody needs food.The food the the egyptians ate consisted of grains, starches, and
meat. Meat was not something they ate every day. Poorer people ate meat only sometimes.
Richer people ate meat a lot, but it was not as common to eat meat as it is now. There are so
many different types of meat now. Like pot roast, steak, pork chops, bacon, and much more.
Not all Ancient Egyptians had careers. However, everyone had a job. Only richer
families went to school to study certain careers. The poorer families stayed home, did
housekeeping, or chores outside. However, the careers were very structured. There were
scribes, pharaohs, merchants, soldiers, government officials, and artisans. There were not very
many jobs at all compared to today. Today there are trash men, mail men, doctors, teachers
and many more.
If you didn’t know much about daily life in Ancient Egypt you should know a lot now.
Elisabeth Ince #12
4/12/12
Language and Education
The ancient Egyptian language system is very complicated because there were
700 hieroglyphs. Only scribes could write hieroglyphs. They also had a key called the
Rosetta Stone.
Hieroglyphs (or letters) were the original writing system in ancient egypt.
hieroglyphs could stand for a word or letter and could even be written on top of each
other! Their alphabet consisted of 700 hieroglyphs starting out with a vulture for “A” and
a foot or leg for “B”.
There was only one person that could write hieroglyphs. that person was a scribe. The
only thing is you can only go to school if you were a boy, therefore you could only be a
scribe if you were a boy. You also had to have the job that your father had. imagine you
were a little boy in Egypt and you wanted to to be a scribe but your father was a priest
so you couldn’t be a scribe. however, if your father was a scribe you would go to school
if you were four or five and get out when you were seven.
The ancient Egyptians started writing hieroglyphs around 3100 BC. In 1798 AD,
the french invaded Egypt, which was at the time ruled by the Turks. In August, one year
later, soldiers were tearing down an Egyptian fort and found a big black rock. It had
Greek writing on it, hieratic, demotic and hieroglyphs. The French figured it was a key
and since we already knew how to read Greek writing we translated the hieroglyphs.
Now you know Egypt had a complicated language system for these reasons.
Halle Lemme #13
4/16/12
Egypt
Daily Life
Ancient Egyptian lifestyle had some customs that were similar to us today, but
some things were not. For instance. . . .
The Egyptians’ food did not consist of pizza, soda pop, or hot dogs. They usually
ate leeks, onions, dates, figs, wild game, pomegranates, beans, and lettuce. Egyptians
couldn’t really eat juicy foods because the sun was hotter in Ancient Egypt, so the foods
would dry up. They usually drank water or beer. Even the children drank beer! The
only thing you would want to steer clear of in Ancient Egypt would be their bread. Their
bread would wear down their teeth so they wouldn’t have any afterwards! That is how
we know about Egyptian bread, because it is so hard.
The Egyptians shelters didn’t have TVs, computers, or a video game system.
they usually had a chest, some stools, a small table, mats, and an oven. Their houses
were made of sun-baked bricks, made of mud. There was usually a kitchen, a living
room, a bedroom, a storage, and an entrance. Their roofs were made of straw.
The Ancient Egyptians’ clothes style did not include ripped jeans, miniskirts,
or half-sweatshirts. The Egyptians clothes were only made of linen. The women wore
dresses made of linen and the men wore linen wrapped around their waists so it looked
like a kilt. The women also wore a collar with jewels. Practically everyone shaved their
heads and wore wigs. But if you were poor, or a small child, you would wear no clothing
at all!
So if you traveled back in time to Ancient Egypt and tried to fit in beforehand, you
now no to wear linen, avoid asking about TV on a Saturday morning, and should get
used to eating dry foods.
Spencer Lien
4/13/12
Writing
DAILY LIFE
Lots of people think Egypt’s daily life was very different than ours. But the daily life of
ancient Egypt had many basic features in common with ours today like school, clothes, and
jobs. They even had makeup.
The makeup was for keeping glare out of there eyes in the sun. So even boys wore
makeup even though that sounds weird we would do that to if we had to. All clothes were
made from linen, a type of cloth mad from flax which was common in Egypt. They didn’t use
cotton because it was unknown and didn’t use wool because they thought it was unclean.
Some people went bare with no clothes at all because it was so hot. But rich people could
afford clothes.
Rich people could also afford to go to scribal schools. The scribal schools were usually
connected to temples because that’s where the scribes used to work. Boys from rich families
started at nine years old for the same reason we start at five. Like us the Egyptians studied
math, science, and history which is another reason there similar to us. One of the most famous
scribes named Horemhep married Pharaohs daughter and became Pharaoh.
Some of the jobs in Egypt were priests, scribes, pyramid builders, craftsmen, and
soldiers. The craftsmen were like Egyptian inventors ,so again thy are like us, they made tools
and simple machines which was hard because they didn’t have technology. The pyramid
builders were mostly farmers (about 20,000) because when flooding season came they had
nothing to do. But 5,000 were working under the Pharaoh.
That’s why Egyptian daily life isn’t too different than ours.
Daily Life
The Ancient Egyptian daily life did not change a lot in its time which was from
3100 B.C. to 31 B.C.
The first thing that never changed was their clothing. One day they found a
material that suited their hot weather and they stuck with it. What the Egyptian clothing
was made of was linen. Linen was a type of cloth that was woven from fibers of the flax
plant. The flax plant is a type of plant that can be found in Northern Europe.
These are a couple of jobs they had.One of the jobs was to be a scribe. A scribe
was a person who wrote things for the Egyptians. Another job was to be a doctor. An
egyptian doctor helped people just like doctors we have today but they used different
tools because they didn’t have things like metal or iron.
The last thing that didn’t change a lot in Ancient Egypt is their organization. They
always had the same family of pharaohs.Pharaohs were kings. They always judged
only on if they were the son of the last pharaoh. One of the famous pharaohs was King
Tut { aka Tutankhamen }. King tut is a very amazing king to study. Here are some
reasons why I think so. One reason why is that he died when he was fourteen. Another
reason why is that it's said that he was murdered but nobody knows for sure. Another
famous pharaoh was Queen Hatshepsut she was the first female pharaoh in ancient
egypt.
So as you can see over its 3000 years Egypt did not change a lot back then.
Grace Moore #16
writing
Daily Life
Imagine you’re living sometime between 3100 B.C. and 31 B.C. in a hot desert. This
was the setting in ancient Egypt. The daily life of ancient Egyptians was influenced by this
sandy setting.
You may know that the world's longest river(the Nile) flows through Egypt. As you can
guess the Egyptians settled by the Nile. They would settle along the Nile for its water because it
helped for things such as farming, washing clothes, and drinking.
Even with the Nile it was still HOT in ancient Egypt. So the Egyptians wore light linen
clothes. They used linen because flax grows well in Egypt’s climate and linen is made from flax.
The girls wore dresses and the boys wore a piece of cloth around their waist. Boys and girls
wore makeup under their eyes to reduce the sun’s glare. Genius!
The desert setting made an influence on the ancient Egyptian food. The ancient
Egyptians didn’t have cranberries because to grow cranberries you need to have a bog. But
they did have onions, leeks, beans, lettuce, figs, dates, pomegranates, beer, wild game, and
SUPER hard bread. It would wear away the Egyptians teeth over the years.The bread was
made of barley and emmer wheat all ground together. You may be thinking don’t you need
water to grow food. Like I said earlier the Egyptians settled along the Nile. To get the water from
the river to the fields they would use a shaduf. The shaduf was a lever. The fulcrum, or the
rocking point, was in the center. On one end was a bucket for scoping the water, and on the
other end was a sack of rocks.
Ancient Egyptian homes were also influenced by the desert. The ground level was too
hot to store food so they Egyptians stored it in an underground cellar. They spent time on their
roof because it was hot. They would cook, play, and even sleep up there. When Egyptians slept
they used floor mats with wooden headrests kept their heads off the ground. These headrests
kept them from getting bitten from scorpions in the night.
From roofs to clothes you can see that over the course of its 3000 years ancient
Egyptian daily life was affected by the hot, sandy, desert that surrounded it.
Sam Peek#17
4/12/12
Writing
Daily Life
Ancient Egyptian daily life was like our daily life in some ways and in other
ways it wasn’t. they had games. They ate all kinds of meat. But they got married at
age 12-14.
Ancient Egyptians ate all kinds of meat just like us they but they ate
gazelles, antelopes, herons, cranes and hyenas. I thought they did not eat very
much meat but they eat that much meat.
Ancient Egyptian kids actually had toys just like us but they had
different toys that were dolls, balls, board games, carved ivory animals, and
wooden horses on wheels with a pull string. Imagine playing with stuff like that. It
would be nothing like video games. It would be like only getting a choice to eat
three things in your whole
Even though Egyptians ate a lot of meat like us and played with toys they
got married at age twelve to fourteen if that were for the U.S. my brother and
sister would be married and my mom and dad would be married for thirty five to
forty five years. Ancient egyptian women worked at home and the men worked as
a scribe or a soldier. Women now normally work at home and men normally work
somewhere else for example in the military.
As you know Ancient Egyptian daily life is not a lot different from our daily life.
Leonie Penick # 18
4\13\12
Writing
DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
The Ancient Egyptians daily life had many basic features in common with ours, but many
differences too.
Unlike today, where styles change rapidly, the Ancient Egyptians had the same basic
style throughout the 3,000 years their civilization lasted. Ancient Egyptian clothing was
loose, comfortable, and made from natural fibers. Most people wore clothing made
of linen, a fabric made from woven fibers of the flax plant. The wealthier you were
the higher quality the linen your clothes were made from. Men’s clothing consisted
of a loincloth (or breechcloth) or a wrapped kilt. Women wore sleeveless shifts which
resembled a simple dress.
While their everyday clothing was simple they accessorized in many different ways as
their appearance was very important to them. The Ancient Egyptians, both men and
women, wore wigs. To do this they firstly shaved their heads and then placed the wigs
on their heads. Wigs were made of human hair and/or wool. Wigs were made in various
styles for certain occasions. The Ancient Egyptians liked to adorn themselves with lots
of jewelry. It was worn by the poor and the rich and men and women. Jewelry worn
included: bracelets, anklets, beaded collars, and rings.
The Ancient Egyptians ate food that grew or lived around them. The Egyptians mainly
ate vegetables such as: onions, leeks, lettuce, and beans. Figs, dates, and pomegranates
were their main fruits. The only meats they ate were antelopes, gazelles, cranes, herons,
and hyenas. Since the Egyptians didn’t eat very much meat only the rich had meat at
feasts; the poor mostly ate fish. The Ancient Egyptians mainly drank water and beer.
Beer was made of bread, unlike our beer which has alcohol. Egyptians didn’t eat at the
table as we do now. Another difference is that they didn’t eat with cutlery as we do
today, they ate with their fingers!
Houses were very basic in Ancient Egypt. The houses we have today are very
different as they have many rooms and are more detailed in their design. The Egyptians
made their homes out of sun- baked brick that was made of straw and mud. Houses
were usually square buildings with little windows. Most of the homes had small
grounds surrounded by a wall. The roofs of the homes were flat, and occasionally the
Egyptians cooked on them. If the worker of the house was a merchant or an artisan the
front room was occasionally his work space. The rooms in the back of the house were
bedrooms and living rooms. Houses didn’t have much inside. The Egyptians kept their
belongings in chests; even food was kept in chests. Usually only the rich owned chairs.
Leonie Penick # 18
4\13\12
Writing
They substituted headrests for pillows. If you were poor your house would be smaller.
The houses all looked alike on the outside, but on the inside they were all decorated
differently.
As you can see we have simple features that are similar to those of the Ancient
Egypt, several differences. We think that people who came before us were less strange
but in truth the Ancient Egyptians we completely normal.
Makala Rossi #19
4/13/12
Writing
Ancient Egyptian
Language and Number System
The Ancient Egyptian language and number system was very complicated.
First off the Ancient Egyptians have 700 hieroglyphs, and we have 26 letters.
Their language was also complicated because they wrote hi like this:
, and we
write hi like this: Hi. What's even more complicated is some egyptians had to memorize
all of the 700 hieroglyphs, the scribes do. they have to because scribes are people that
paint pictures with names. The names are in egyptian language so that`s why they have
to memorize all the hieroglyphs, but they had to go to school.
At school Egyptians learned their number system with only seven symbols. One
of their symbols look like this:I. That means one. They only had seven symbols. It would
take 27 symbols to wright 999.
Ethan Snell #20
Daily Life
Ancient Egyptians daily life was very strange, peculiar, and also
very different than ours.
First, they ate strange things. Although they were omnivores like
a lot of people today, they ate things that most americans would be
to scared to eat! They ate antelopes, gazelles, cranes, herons, and
hyenas. These are wild game not raised. They also ate things like
bread, onions, leeks, lettuce, beans, figs dates, and pomegranates.
The Ancient Egyptians’ houses were very different then ours, just like
their diet. Their houses were made from sun-baked bricks formed with
mud. The Ancient Egyptians’ houses were a lot smaller than ours are
today. Inside their small houses, they don’t have much. They barely
had any furniture, especially compared to today. Only rich people
had chairs! I don’t think I’ve ever not had chairs in my house unless I
was just moving in.
Their style was very peculiar. For example, most of them shaved
their heads and wore wigs! Slaves and servants weren’t aloud to wear
clothes at all! If I went outside naked in America, I would get arrested.
Egyptians sure know how to live the life. Pharaohs wore beaded
necklaces and a big crown. Oh how I really want to be naked guy with
a big crown.
Although Ancient Egypt is strange, peculiar, and quite different
than ours today, it was still one of the most highly advanced
civilizations in our knowledge.
Courtney VanGiesen #22
4-15-12
Writing/Egypt
Egyptian Daily Life
Even though Egyptian daily life changed some from then to now, we
still have a few things in common. Like us, they had makeup, board games,
families, homes, jobs, clothing and schools. Many children played with toys
such as dolls and balls.
Egyptian homes were usually located along the Nile river, Egypt’s only
water source. Most houses were built of sun-baked bricks which were made
of mud and straw because wood was extremely scarce. They were not very
durable. A normal house was square with two rooms and flat roofs, providing
more storage space. Houses did not contain much furniture. Most people
slept on straw but some wealthy families slept on mattresses.
Children were the heart of the family, making family life very
important. If a couple could not have a child, they adopted one. If the
family had no sons, there was nothing from preventing the daughter from
inheriting the land.
Egyptians could be bakers, teachers, fishermen, doctors, government
officials, farmers, scribes, soldiers, and merchants, just to name a few.
Scribes jobs were to copy or write down hieroglyphics. Merchants sold
things that artists or craftsmen made. The pyramid of power showed
the hierarchy of jobs that the Egyptians had starting with pharaohs and
going down to workers, soldiers, farmers and builders. As with today, some
families were very wealthy where others were not.
Egyptians had only a few schools because only the wealthiest could
attend. If the student was a boy, he would follow his father's job, like
becoming a scribe, priest or doctor. Most girls did not go to school because
they assisted their mothers around the house with household tasks.
Courtney VanGiesen #22
4-15-12
Writing/Egypt
Egyptian children played board games like senet,pwer, mehen and aseb
but these games were also played by different classes like visiers, soldiers,
pharaohs, farmers and many more. Many children liked to play with dolls and
balls in their free time. It was great entertainment. Boys games were usually
rougher than girls. Men and women also played outdoor activities. Men liked
hunting, fishing, archery, wrestling, boxing, stick fencing and swimming.
Women also liked swimming.
Most Egyptians wore makeup and many different kinds were used.
Egyptians wore makeup under their eyes to keep the dust and sun out, and
for medicinal, ceremonial, spiritual, or religious reasons. They carried their
makeup in leather or canvas pouches, conch shells or hollow reeds. The
applicators were made of wood. Black eye liner was made of lead or soot.
Egyptian clothing was usually made of linen because it was a cooler
material for the hot desert climate. The linen was made of flax. Wool was
sometimes used but was not allowed in many temples because the skin came
from animals. Egyptians believed that wool was not permitted to touch
the skin. Boys wore a cloth wrapped around their waist and girls wore a
cloth wrapped around their chest and waist, just like dresses today. Most
Egyptians wore light colored clothes because dark colored clothes were
too expensive. Only wealthy families wore these clothes for they had more
money.
As you can see, much of Egyptian daily life seems similar to ours
today. However, many things are not the same. Building construction,
clothing, money, and others are not. Ancient Egypt only had two social
classes, rich or poor. Today, there are more classes, creating more equality
and opportunities.
Courtney VanGiesen #22
4-15-12
Writing/Egypt
EXPOSITORY ESSAY
04-12-12
THE Ancient Egyptian NILE RIVER
The Nile River was important to Ancient Egyptian daily life. The Nile River had
many different uses.
First the Nile River itself is 4,135 miles long and 5 miles wide, starting at
Lake Victoria to Lake Albert, and then to the Mediterranean Sea. As a fact the
Nile River is the longest river in the world! The Nile River is located more to the
right side and from top to bottom of Egypt and still is today .
The Nile River also helped farmers. The Nile helped farmers because
the farmers would make canals, or ditches around and between two fields
approximately three quarters full. The Nile helped farmers to plant crops
because the Nile would flood from July to October and farmers would plant from
March to June,but if the Nile didn’t flood their crops wouldn’t grow in their hot
environment.
The Nile River helped household too. The Nile provide water, game to
hunt, and a means to transport cargo of cattle,food,and clothing,but if there
wasn’t the Nile river all this wouldn’t of happened.
That’s why The Nile is important to Ancient Egyptian daily life, household
(water, game to hunt and transporting cargo) ,farming (growing crops),and
Ancient Egypt.
L.Fowler 9
4/12/12
Writing
Language & Education
The Ancient Egyptian language and number system was very complicated. With
over 700 hieroglyphs to remember, it was very hard to be a scribe.
The Ancient Egyptian “alphabet” is very different from ours. Ancient
Egyptians had over 700 hieroglyphs while we only have 26 letters. Hieroglyphs are
pictures to represent words, letters, or syllables. For us, letters are not pictures and only
represent syllables which is easier than 700 hieroglyphs that could be read as many
different things. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs could stand for letters. The letter “X” was
not used. These are the hieroglyphs. “A” is a vulture. “B” is a foot or leg. Hard “C” is a
basket, and soft “C” is a folded cloth. “D” is a hand. “E” is a reed flower. “F” is a horned
viper. Hard “G” is a jar stand, and soft “G” is a cobra. “H” is shelter.
Ancient Egyptians also had a number system. 1 was represented by a single
stroke. 10 was represented by a hobble for cattle. 100 was represented by a coil
of rope. 1,000 was represented by a Lotus Plant. 10,000 was represented by a
finger. 100,000 was represented by a frog or tadpole. Higher numbers were shown
before lower numbers. Addition was shown by a pair of legs and feet facing the left.
Subtraction was a pair of legs and feet facing the right. We only have 10 numbers,
instead of writing a symbol for each thousand, hundred, ten, and 1.
The Rosetta Stone was found near the town of Rosetta. The Rosetta Stone had
L.Fowler 9
4/12/12
Writing
three different languages on it. The languages were Ancient Egyptian, Hieratics and
Greek. A French scholar named Jean Francois Champollion knew Hieratics and Greek,
so he finally decoded the stone in 1822. The Rosetta Stone had the same inscription in
all three languages. Egyptologists today know what hieroglyphs are because of the
Rosetta Stone.
Scribes were government officials who had the ability to read and write. Scribes
could only be boys, since only boys could go to school. Scribes went to school to learn
hieroglyphs. Once scribes learn to be scribes scribes they could carve hieroglyphs on
tomb walls by heart. Scribes were also taught the Ancient Egyptian number system.
Egypt has a complicated language and number system for these reasons.
Ethan W #24
4/20/12
Writing
Daily Life
Life in ancient Egypt was different from ours. Today, we have clothes that
cover most of our body. Also, our houses are very big and have lots of
furniture. Our food comes from many different places and we also eat lots
meat.
The ancient Egyptians went bare-chested. Even women did! Also most poor
people, children, and slaves never wore clothes. But everyone's clothes were
made out of linen. Linen is a really thin fabric and if it's windy you will
probably be pretty cold.
House's in Ancient Egypt were usually small. They only had two
rooms. Most of the time the front room was for the man’s workshop. The
back room was for eating and sleeping. In the summer, people slept on their
roofs because it was cooler outside. Their houses were made from sun-dried
mud molded into bricks.
Ancient Egyptians didn't have very many furnishings. They had a chest for
clothes, jars for food, and a wood headrest for a pillow. Rich people were
normally the only one's to have chairs. They also normally had a bigger
house than poor people. Finally, wealthy people had paintings on their walls.
Ancient Egyptians diet included many foods, but mostly fruits and
vegetables. They ate things like bread, onions, lettuce, beans, and
pomegranates. The bread was really stiff and ruined your teeth because sand
got in it when they made it. Most ancient Egyptians never had meat. Also
only pharaoh's had meat at feasts which was also fairly rare.
JUSTIN VASILEFF #23
THE Ancient Egyptian NILE RIVER 04‐12‐12 EXPOSITORY ESSAY The Nile River is important to Ancient Egyptian daily life. The Nile River had many different uses. First the Nile River its self is 4,135 miles long and 5 miles wide starting at Lake Victoria to Lake Albert to the Mediterranean Sea. As a fact the Nile River is the longest river in the world! The Nile River is located throughout Egypt and still is today. The Nile River also helped farmers. The Nile helped famers because the farmers would make canals (a ditch around and between two fields approximately three quarters full). Also the Nile helped farmers to plant crops because the Nile would flood from July to October and farmers would plant from March to June. The Nile River helped household too. The Nile helped people get water, hunt, and for cargo boats to transport cargo. That’s why The Nile is important to ancient Egyptian daily life.