Egypt by Joseph

1. Egypt by Joseph ANCIENT EGYPT BY JOSEPH CLUSKEY

2. Introduction Facts • Egypt is situated in the north of Africa • The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. • The ancient Egyptian women usually shared their husbands with 1 or 2 more women. • Children normally got married at the age of 10 or 11.

3. HIERARCHY • Pharaoh • Priests • Nobles • Merchants • Crafts people • Farmers • Labourers • Slaves

4. RICH WOMEN • They had many slaves • They wore fine white linen dresses • They went to a lot of rich feasts • They would often run large farms when their husbands were away • The rich women would show how rich they were by their clothing, gold and jewels.

5. HOMES Most of the Egyptians used live in huts made out of dried up mud bricks. They mostly had three or four rooms. The wealthy Egyptians normally had around seventy rooms. Most houses and huts had small windows to help keep out the sun’s heat.

6. CLOTHING They wore very little clothing because the weather was mostly always hot. The women wore simple white linen dresses while the men wore a tied piece of cloth around the waist. Usually the boys would normally dress like their fathers and girls like their mothers.

7. WOMEN PRIESTS . Women priest wore white dresses and also rich head dresses. . They spent 3 months in the temple and 3 months at home. . They would wash themselves four times a day. . They would sing and dance in front of the God’s statues. . The priests would have made medicine for the sick people who came to the temple.

8. TUTANKHAMEN . In the year 1922 an archaeologist called Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamen’s hidden tomb. Howard carter spent 6 years searching for the tomb. . Tutankhamen was only eight when he became the king of Egypt. He died at the age 18. . His body was left undisturbed for 3,300 years.

9. MUMMIE'S Step 1- Embalmers washed the dead body with oil. Step 2- The brain was pulled out bit by bit using a long bronze hook. Step 3- They remove the inside organs and they leave the body to dry out in a bath of natron. Step 4- After 40 days of drying out the hole in the body would be covered with a lucky Eye. Step 5- They wrap the body in linen bandages. Step 6- The brain, intestines, the liver, the lungs and stomach were cut out. Step 7- The embalmers made a mask of gold and jewels. Step 8- The mummy was placed inside a gold and decorated coffin.

10. SLAVES . Slaves could be sold and bought. . They worked very hard and they wouldn’t get paid. . Slaves were the least important people in Egypt at the time. . Slaves were often captured during the Egyptian wars. . They could be married and then be free. . The women usually worked as house servants and men usually worked outside.

11. war The Egyptians fought because men from other countries wanted the valuable things the Egyptians had. Most of the men in the army wore a skirt and sandals. Some men went on foot with shields, spears, axes and slings and some went on chariots.