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Life in Ancient Egypt. The Family. Boys shaved their heads except for a pony tail Got married at 20 With parents approval Marriage was just a contract between the families Babies gave couples prestige ( Ramses had 150 children). Women. Could not hold office
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The Family • Boys shaved their heads except for a pony tail • Got married at 20 With parents approval • Marriage was just a contract between the families • Babies gave couples prestige (Ramses had 150 children)
Women • Could not hold office • Could not be scribes or artisans • Some did rule (Hatsheput) • They could seek divorce from their husbands • Entitled to 1/3 of the couples assets • Fathers were expected to support their children even after they divorced • Men had multiple wives
Education • Parents taught them (respect for elders) • Wealthy received instruction in Horse back riding, archery, and hieroglyphics • Formal Education was essential to your success • Started when they were 5 • Dictation (practice in writing hieroglyphics • Textbook was called the Kemyt (test question) • Taught math, literature, ethics and history
Clothing • Egyptians had Combs, mirrors, and razors • Washed twice a day • Wore wigs and lots of black makeup • Clothing were woven cotton tunics and white kilts for men who went shirt less • Leather sandals • Jewellery consisted of necklaces, rings and gold bracelets
Housing • Wooden furniture beds and tables, couches • Wealthy homes had bathrooms • Oil lamps • Wet mats for cooling the room • Clay ovens for cooking
Food • Wheat bread • Beer • Fruits (dates and grapes) • Fish, geese, ducks • Milk (goats and cows) cheese and butter • Wealthy ate beef, antelope, gazelles, and pastries
Terms To Know for Test • Canopic Jars • Hieroglyphics • Rosetta Stone • Corvee Duty • Polytheistic • Pharaoh
People To know • Howard Carter • Osiris • Tutankhamen • Jean Francois Champollion • Ramses the Great • Phoenicians