1. Ancient Egyptian Daily Life
Madison Rhode

2. Houses
Made of bricks formed from mud and chopped straws (poured mixture into molds)
Tools: T-square, mallet, brick molds, and plumb lines (straight and level)
Rich had ten rooms and poor only had one (rich had painted walls)

3. Clothing men wore wrap around skirts called shendyt
They were short
Pleated‘
Belted
Material was sometimes wrapped around legs
Rich men had high quality linen
Headdresses worn on special occasion
All Egyptians mostly went barefoot, sometimes wore palm sandals

4. Clothing Women wore straight dresses with shoulder straps
Pleated or draped
Children did not wear clothes until about age 6
Rings, earrings, bracelets, buttons, necklaces, collars, and pendants
Wore makeup
Black kohl eyeliner
Blue and green eyeshadow (powdered minerals)
Henna for lips and nails

5. Role of Women Considered equal to men under law
Own businesses
Borrow money
Own property
Didn’t learn, taught homemaking skills and how to be wife
Arranged marriages around twelve or thirteen
Mostly worked around house and took care of children
Poor helped husbands on farm
Rich owned businesses
Had to prepare food in gardens, make bread, etc.

6. Role of Men Inherit jobs of their father Take care of their family
Take care of their parents when they’re old
Had a surprisingly similar role to women often times
Most men worked in agriculture
Weaved clothes and worked for the rich as slaves
The rich worked in business or government jobs

7. Role of Children
Young boys went to school to learn about math, geography, history, and medicine
Children were cherished but boys were always thought to be troublemakers
Girl had it easier but had to behave and listen
All children were taught to do good deeds and about the gods and goddesses
No children were left, adoption was encouraged
Had no responsibility other than to walk and play
Taken care of, wear charms to protect them, always fed

8. Religion
Life on Earth was seen as only one part of an eternal journey (live a life worthy of it continuing)
Believed in magic, mythology, science, medicine,
They believed that there was a higher power and a life after death
People were expected to uphold ma’at (harmony)
Life is an eternal journey and time on earth is just one part
There was over 700 gods and goddesses

9. Traditions
Kept shoes upright: disrespectful to put dirty shoes up to Gods
The Eye of Horus: a symbol that represented good health but changed to evil
Giving money to the poor: Ma’at would appreciate when people did this
Language: their language is different from that of any other
Eyeliner: if applied certain way, represents marriage
Seboa: party thrown week after baby is born

10. Rulers Narmer: unified Upper and Lower Egypt
Dynasty 3 ca. 2649–2575 B.C.
Zanakht ca. 2649–2630 B.C.
Djoser ca. 2630–2611 B.C.
Sekhemkhet ca. 2611–2605 B.C.
Khaba ca. 2605–2599 B.C.
Huni ca. 2599–2575 B.C.
Well-known: King Tutankhamun – became ruler at 10 and died in late teens

11. Pyramids Most of the pyramids were built as tombs for pharaohs
Over 130 discovered in Egypt
Djoser is believed to be first pyramid built
The Great Pyramid of Giza is oldest and largest built in Giza Necropolis
They contain chambers and passages
Tomb raiders targeted the tombs
Many historians have questions about how the pyramids were made
without modern technology and tools

12. Sources https://www.dragonstrike.com/egypt/house.htm
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