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Title: The Culture of Ancient Egyptians


1
The Culture of Ancient Egyptians
  • Chapter 3, Section 4

2
Everyday Life of Ancient Egyptians
  • Much of what we know about everyday life of the
    Egyptians was learned through paintings and
    written records

3
Social Classes
  • Egyptian society resembled a pyramid
  • Top pharaoh
  • Nobles, priests, members of the court
  • Merchants and skilled workers
  • Peasants and workers
  • Slaves formed a separate class who could inherit
    land from their owners

4
Lives of the Peasants
  • Most peasants worked the land of wealthier
    people
  • When the waters left the land, farming began
  • Men, women and children all helped in the harvest
  • A time of feasts

5
Egyptian Women
  • Egyptian women were looked upon as a living model
    of Isis
  • Women could own property, run businesses, enter
    into legal contracts
  • Supervised farm work
  • Nobel women in charge of temples, acted as regents

6
Achievements of the Egyptians
  • Known as a land of learning
  • Hieroglyphs was their system of writing
  • Papyrus was an early paper made from reeds from
    the delta
  • In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and the key
    to understanding hieroglyphs was known

7
Keeping Track of Time
  • Egyptians had to be able to predict when the Nile
    would flood
  • Scientists called astronomers studied the stars
    to track when the Nile would flood
  • Egyptians discovered that the year has 365 days

8
Medicine
  • Ancient Egyptians knew about the human body
  • They learned to perform surgery and could set
    broken bones
  • Egyptians practiced herbalism medicine from
    plants
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