Egyptian daily life
Daily life in ancient Egypt revolved around the Nile and the fertile land along its banks. The yearly flooding of the Nile enriched the soil and brought good harvests and wealth to the land. These days we use most of their daily life. Three most important things in Egyptian daily life were papyrus and writing, food and cookery, and cylinder seals.
One of the important things in Egyptian daily life was papyrus and writing. Paper is made from the papyrus plant by separating it with a needlepoint into very thin strips as broad as possible. It was rare for a ancient Egyptian to be literate. As few as two percent of the overall population knew how to write or read. The village of Set Maat was an anomaly. Occupied by the workmen who built the Valley of the Kings and the families of the workers, this town probably had a literacy rate of approximately forty percent, an at least some of the women who lived there was literate. According to papyrus fragments, “the papyrus fragments are mostly Coptic in nature; that is, they came from Egypt’s Christian Period or the Arab conquest shortly thereafter. A few of the fragments came from the region of Faiyum, southwest of Cairo. “Papyrus uncovered there in the 19th century. Fragments of papyrus was invented three thousands year ago. Papyrus was very old and useful even these days because if it wasn’t invented then we would never be able to write.
The other important thing in Egyptian daily life was food and cookery. Cooking was done in clay ovens as well as over open fires. Wood was used for fuel, even though it was scarce. Food was baked, boiled, stewed, fried, grilled, or roasted. Farms in Egypt provide the barley and onions that were central to people’s diet. The beer was made with barley. The barley was left to dry, and then baked into loaves of bread. According to Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, food and cookery, “ cattle, ducks, geese, and even hyenas were raised as source of meat.” Egypt people usually eat
One of the important things in Egyptian daily life was papyrus and writing. Paper is made from the papyrus plant by separating it with a needlepoint into very thin strips as broad as possible. It was rare for a ancient Egyptian to be literate. As few as two percent of the overall population knew how to write or read. The village of Set Maat was an anomaly. Occupied by the workmen who built the Valley of the Kings and the families of the workers, this town probably had a literacy rate of approximately forty percent, an at least some of the women who lived there was literate. According to papyrus fragments, “the papyrus fragments are mostly Coptic in nature; that is, they came from Egypt’s Christian Period or the Arab conquest shortly thereafter. A few of the fragments came from the region of Faiyum, southwest of Cairo. “Papyrus uncovered there in the 19th century. Fragments of papyrus was invented three thousands year ago. Papyrus was very old and useful even these days because if it wasn’t invented then we would never be able to write.
The other important thing in Egyptian daily life was food and cookery. Cooking was done in clay ovens as well as over open fires. Wood was used for fuel, even though it was scarce. Food was baked, boiled, stewed, fried, grilled, or roasted. Farms in Egypt provide the barley and onions that were central to people’s diet. The beer was made with barley. The barley was left to dry, and then baked into loaves of bread. According to Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, food and cookery, “ cattle, ducks, geese, and even hyenas were raised as source of meat.” Egypt people usually eat