Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Life as an Egyptian


  • Most Egyptians live in River side village, children played close to the home to be safe from crocodiles and hippos that live along the bank of the river


  • Most home were single -storey houses built of bricks, bricks were made by mixing sticky river mud whit chopped -up straw.


  • The entrances to the home was also the family chapel, whit offering, like models of Egypt's gods and bust of ancestors


  • Cooking and messy jobs were done out in the courtyard, a safe area for infants to play in.


  • In hot weather the whole family slept on reed mats on the flat roof,


  • Drinking beer

children and adults drank beer mad from barley, it was made of sweetened whit spices, dates or honey they found a tom whit a painting of a kid whit a bowl and writing saying "give me some beer because in hungry

Rich people's homes had wall-torches or lamps to give light



  • Food and drink

both rich and poor Egyptians alike lived mainly on bread , fish and vegetables, often made into soup, stew's or porridge.


  • Archaeologist have found 40 different kinds of breads , cake and biscuit

  • the poor only ate only 2 a day and the rich ate often trow out the day