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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.