1. Egyptian Life
By: Kathryn Van Order

2. Daily Life
Revolved around the Nile and the fertile land near the banks
The Nile flooded every year bringing:
Enriched soil
Good harvest
Wealth to the land

3. Egyptian Homes
Homes were made out of materials that were handy and plentiful
Most people made their homes out of mud bricks
Located in the villages or in the country

4. Egyptian Diet Consisted of grains, fish, and fruits
Grain was their primary food
They enjoyed red meats such as beef
Their dry lands made it hard to raise cattle
Beef was rather expensive and was eaten at special banquets

5. Growing Up Their lives were short and difficult
Many newborns did not survive their first year
60-70%
Children were told they were a special blessing from the gods if they survived their first year
At age 5 boys would either go to school or work in the fields with their fathers
At age 4 girls would start to learn how to maintain the house with their mothers

6. Religion
Ancient Egyptians tried to understand their place in the universe and their mythology centers itself on nature, the earth, sky, moon, sun, stars, and the Nile River
Heliopolis, the City of the Sun, is located in the ruins of Yunu in northeast Cairo

7. People of Egypt Most ancient Egyptians worked as:
Field hands
Farmers
Craftsmen
Scribes
A small group of people were nobles
These people make up the Egyptian population

8. Family Life The people of ancient Egypt highly valued family
They loved children and regarded them as a great blessing from the gods
lower class families
the mother raised the children
wealthy and nobility
had slaves and servants that helped take care of the children by attending to their daily needs

9. Marriage Peasant girls usually married around the age 12
Girls of rich families married a few years older
The boys were a few years older
The marriages were arranged by parents
Some young people chose their own spouse
The ordinary man normally had one wife, the kings always had several

10. Works Cited http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html