Ancient Egyptian’s Daily lives.

By: Carmen Younger

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Introduction

• This project is all about the Ancient Egyptians daily lives. Some of these slides will include Facts, pictures, Important events, and other important information. In my project I will also have my Concluding paragraph about what I have learned.

Enjoy!

Family life

• The Ancient Egyptians highly valued family life.

• The rich had slaves to look after their children.

• People would sometimes use magic or ask the gods for children. Adoption was also an option )

Agriculture and Tools.

• Farmers waited for the Nile to flood to irrigate

• Early 5000 B.C.E farmers learned to control the river

• To control them they dug canals

• Later made reservoirs to save and hold water

• During flood season, Fayum became a lake

Agriculture and Tools.

• A Shaduf was used to move water from canals to fields• A Shaduf was a long pole that had a weight on one side

and a bucket of water on the other side• First to use a plow to loosen soil• Used a hoe the same way they used a plow, to loosen

soil• Human labour was used to do the plowing and hoeing

with little help from animals• Harvest time was a time for intense labour• Worked: sun-rise to sun-set with only occasional breaks• Scribes measured and recorded the harvest

Calender system

• Unique• 365 days to a year, but

Egyptians followed 360 days• 3 seasons:• Inundation= June 21- October

21• Emergence= October 21-

February 21 • Summer= February 21- June

21• Each had 4 months• They feasted and celebrated

on the 5 extra days

Sanitation and Cosmetics

• Practiced sanitation• Only rich owened

bathrooms• Had to dispose garbage

at the communal dump• Irrigation canals• Dump canals were

breeding grounds for diseases

• Everyone wore makeup

Homes and Furniture• Made of sun dried mud• Called adobes• 3 main areas• A reception area• A hall• A private quarter• Inside was decorated• Flat rooves to sleep on in the

hot days• Furnature was :• Stools• Small boxes• Chests• Pottery jars

Religion

• Believed in many gods

• Hapi- god of the river• Re- the sun god• Osiris is the god of

harvest• Souls went ot the

underworld

Cooking and Food

• Cooked in clay ovens and open fires

• Wood: used as fuel• Utensils were:• Jars• Bowls• Pots• Pans• Ladles• Sieves• Whisks

Food and Cooking continued

• Beer: most popular drink• Ate a lot of wheat, barley, bread • Barley was mostly used as a servents food• Wine waws for the wealthy• Used the Nile River to catch fish• Fruits and vegetables were a large part of their

diets• Most meat was for special occasions of the rich

Entertainment

• Dramatizations were held in temples

• Most important source was the Nile

• Activities were:• Fishing• Riverboating• Swimming• Hunting crocs and hippos• Different boat games

Entertainment continued

• The wealthy threw parties

• Played instraments• Lute• Harp• Lyre

• Kids played with:• Carved ivory animals• Balls• Wooden horses with

wheels

Government

• Pharaohs ruld egypt• They were considered gods• Responsible for all aspects of

life• Owened all mines• Quarries• Trading fleets• A Vizier was the most

important official• He would carry out orders of

the pharaoh• Scribes kept records• Oversees supervised peasents

at work

Conclusion

• This project was all about Egyptians Daily Lives. These were all the things that are considered to be apart of their lives everyday. I learned a lot about Egypt while doing this project. Whith the info I provided you probably can learn a lot too.

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Bibliography

• http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html

• http://www2.sptimes.com/egypt/egyptcredit.4.2.html

• http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/life.htm