Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Life in Ancient Egypt

Life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html
Click on the above link for the information. When at the above site,  click on ‘story' and 'explore.' Blog your answers below.

1. What were horses mainly used for?
2. What animal was usually used to pull farm carts?
3. How were taxes calculated and paid?
4. Put someone's hair into the style that indicates youth
5. What was used for making writing sheets, boats, sandals, and a whole bunch of other things?
6. We often use dogs for hunting companions, what did the ancient Egyptians use for a hunting companion?
7. A common fruit in ancient Egypt was the . . . . .
8. Who sat on the pillows and who sat on the chairs?
9. What material were the houses made of? Why?
10.What other interesting fact did you find?


When done the questions, play a game of Senet, also found at the above link. You probably have to use Internet Explorer to access the game, but it wasn't working yesterday :(

1 comment:

  1. 1. they used horses for chariots which they also used for hunting and transportation
    2. donkeys were used to carry and pull loads of grain
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    7. a commen fruit in egypt was a date
    8. the people who sat on chairs where the rich and the poeple who sat on pillows were the poor

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