Ancient Egypt Daily Life

The dry desert land of Egypt homed one of the advanced civilizations from about 3100 BC to 30 BC. The Egyptians has their own kind of lifestyle. Egyptians lived near a so- called river called the Nile river which provided them with fertile soil. They had fertile soil along the banks of the river because every year the river would flood leaving behind the “black soil”. The gods and goddess dominated their lifestyle. The Egyptians influenced other people’s way of life and influenced the way of the United States. In Egypt their daily life was revolved around the fertile soil along the banks of the Nile river and the Nile river itself. Every year the river flooded its banks leaving behind the fertile soil the people called “ the Black Land”.
Around the age of twelve a peasant girl would get married and the boys were a couple years older. A more higher class family married a few years older and from every class the marriages were arranged. A king always had several wives while an ordinary man had one wife. A divorce was a simple procedure an a option but was not common. Cooking was done in open fires as well as clay ovens. Beer was the most popular beverage, and bread was the staple food in the Egyptian diet ( “Egypt: Daily Life” ). To Egyptians a cleansing ritual was very important. Most bathed daily in the river while some bathed in a water basin at home. Everyone of all classes including men wore makeup. They believed the makeup had magical and even healing power ( “ Egypt: Daily Life”). Everyone wore some type of jewelry and their hairstyles were similar to today’s. The homes of Egyptians were made of sun dried mud made into brick and is called adobe. If you were a nobleman the home was divided into a reception area, a hall, and the private quarters. The commoners lived in town houses that were two or three stories high. The second or third floors provided family living space while the first floor was reserved for
By looking at their lifestyle we can see that they had their own writing, government, games, burials, hieroglyphs, works of art, cooking, and religion. The Egyptians worshiped gods and goddess which dominated their every aspect of life. They worshiped the gods and goddess for their aspect on life. By studying the Egyptians you can learn a lot about them and what it might have been like if you lived there too. Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza and the other pyramids which set the building blocks for people like the Romans and the Greeks. So in reality the Egyptians were the starting point and accomplished a lot during their