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We think ancient egypt was like this.

The people of ancient Egypt built mudbrick homes in villages and in the country. They grew some of their own food and traded in the villages for the food and goods they could not produce.

Most ancient Egyptians worked as field hands, farmers and craftsmen. A small group of people were nobles. Together, these different groups of people made up the population of ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egypt stood as one of the worlds most advanced civilizations for nearly 3,00 years and created a culture so rich that it has a7
 * It wasn’t easy living back in ancient times. It was especially not like today. You wouldn’t have very advanced machines to help you do work, no TV to entertain you, and no car to travel around in. You would have to find something else to entertain yourself, you would probably walk or take a ferry to get places, you would probably not have an education, and you would spend your life coping with the annual flood of the Nile River. Not much of a life if you ask someone today but to the Ancient Egyptians, who never played a video game, heard of a TV, or ever dreamed of the machines that we have now, it was quite a life indeed. ||

Did you know that the Ancient Egyptians had beef jerky? It wasn’t in a nice little plastic wrapper, but it was beef jerky. Also Ancient Egyptian bread was not so great. Sand mixed with the flour and gave the bread a gritty taste. If you ate too much of this gritty bread, the sand in it would wear down your teeth to the roots.

Did you know that the Ancient Egyptians wore makeup? It may not have been quite like our lip-gloss or our blush but it was still makeup. Another interesting thing about the Ancient Egyptian’s style is that they wore jewelry made mostly out of sand or quartz.

Imagine having to cook outdoors every night? I guess it would be like a big barbeque every night, except for the fact that you would be having a barbeque on the roof! The Ancient Egyptians did this every night because it kept the inside of their house cooler. They also had different styles of houseing in different time periods.