Download ancient egypt hunting and fishing

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ANCIENT EGYPT
Hunting and fishing
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ll Egyptians liked hunting a lot and also the fishing, much of egyptians
must do it and some ones only do it for fun:
Pharaoh´s: only for fun
Priests: only for fun
Soldiers: only for fun but only in special days
Peasants: they must do it for live
Slaves: they only do it when there owner go and want to take them to help
In generally it was very dangerous for all the people and more for the poor
people because they can´t have protection, for example the armour, because when
you want to hunt a big animal you usually have to be near it and it can attack to the
person. Well, to be a little bit “safe” you have to have quite money for having the
proper attire and more posibilities of survive.
Hunting
All Egyptians liked hunting. It
was one of the few diversions at the
time that was available for everyone,
the farmers who hunt for eating and no
for fun taught their sons about who to
hunt well for after, when they were
adults could have the food more easily.
Hunting in the Nile
going to war. He also took his pack of
dogs for track the hunting.
The pharaoh hunted desert
animals in his free time, he sometimes
went with the priests or with his
associates as a reward for their labours,
to celebrate something or to settle a
deal. As being the most important
person in Egypt, with more money and
could afford to do it just for fun. He was
well prepared, usually in a chariot
driven by horses and with his bow and
his arrows, was almost exactly like
Farmers hunted birds to eat
them, when birds taking flown, they
threw his throwing stick, a kind of
boomerang, which beat down the
animal. The best time to hunt was
when birds such as ducks, geese,
herons, cranes and quail stopped in the
swamps of the Nile during their
migrations.
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Bird hunters put nets tended in the
trees, where they placed their baits. When the
birds approached the hunter pulled a rope
attached to the network. They do not kill the
birds, but they were locked in cages to be sold
later.
The hunting of the hippo itwas so
famous because it was very dangerous, they
do it on the Nile because the hippos lived
there, and it demanded force and cunning. Aboard his
Bird hunter
boat, the hunters nailed his harpoon in the animal.
Once wound they liberate and follow him until he died of exhaustion.
Fishing
The waters of the Nile were very rich in fish; so many people fish with little boats made
of papyrus for eat. More a less like hunting, this was a precious gift to the poor
Egyptians that substitute some of
their fish for some meat and
backward.
To fish in the river they
usually used a net also made of
braided papyrus strung between
two boats. When the boats returned
to the port, they pulled the network
to retrieve the fishes. The Egyptians
kept fish in several ways: they open
it, the emptied and smoked over a
fire or dried it at the sunlight.
Fishing in the Nile
Many fishermen disappeared while they were working, because could not
always avoid seeing his boat overturned by a hippo or a crocodile, two of the most
dangerous animals that you can found when you were fishing. Only the most brave
people aventure to fight with them, because apart of be a very good piece of hunting
you also be acclaime.
Made by:
Juan Blanco Silva
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