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Childhood
Childhood Ancient Egyptians, like modern Egyptians, loved children, and took good care of them. Mothers nursed their babies for three or four years. Little ones were carried by their mothers in a soft sling, so that they felt her body's warmth and her presence always. There are many images of
Mounds of Creation
Mounds of Creation Mounds of Creation were one of were many kinds of temples in the Age of the Pyramids. Some, such as the sanctuary of Khnum at Elephantine, or the Sacred Precinct at Nekhen, were ancient places where rocks and stones marked out a sacred site. In several towns, a special Mound of
Vocabulary
Ancient Egypt Vocabulary S telae: These are slabs of stone which usually have a picture and the name of the person pictured. Many of these were placed in tombs, often in the shape of a doorway (a false door). The information is usually the name of the tomb-owner, his titles, and sometimes b
Artists and Sculptors
Artists and Sculptors Why did Ancient Egyptians draw and sculpt that way? They did not have a word that corresponds to our word 'art'. They do not seem to have made statues or paintings to collect or to hang on the walls of museums and art galleries. But they loved to be surrounded by bea
Plants and Animals of the Nile
se animals were important not only because of the role they played in the daily lives of the people, but because of their religious significance. The Ancient Egyptians saw and admired the power and beauty of the animals they lived with. They used images of those animals as metaphors for the power
Names
Names Names went in and out of fashion in Ancient Egypt, even as they do in modern times. (For example, Florence was not used as a woman's name until Mr. and Mrs. Nightingale decided to call their little girl after the city in Italy. Kim was a very rare name in the English-speaking world befor
Textiles
Textiles All ancient Egyptians, rich or poor, male or female, wore linen clothing.. The lists of offerings in tombs almost always mentions linen as something that the deceased would need in the next world. There are many steps required to make linen from flax. Great skill was required to turn the s
Pyramid Texts
ars, dwell in the underworld with Osiris, and that he will sail the sky in the boat of Re. There appear to have been several major religious ideas in Ancient Egypt; one focused on the sky, where the deceased king would join the gods, one on an afterlife with the god Osiris, and a third in which the
Kings
the King was a semi-divine figure, an embryo god, identified as "Son of the Sun". Despite this, at least one king was assassinated, and the Ancient Egyptians felt comfortable to tell stories about their rulers. King Khufu and the Magicians is one of the best. In this story, kings are
Mortuary Chapels
could supply food when the living forgot or were unable to provide. The decoration of these chapels is one of the main sources for information about Ancient Egypt. Scenes of hunting in the deserts, fishing and fowling in the marshes, dancing and singing, children playing and family members enjoying