What was the daily life for the ancient Egyptians, have you ever imagined yourself as a member of one of history's most fascinating civilizations working as a sculptor making the best artifacts ever with primitive materials or moving tons of stones for the Great Pyramid of King Khufu or irrigation projects along the Nile River.
You may wonder what was the jobs that kept Ancient Egypt running for more than 3,000 years, making the greatest civilization ever.
Here are the most famous jobs in ancient Egypt you may know for the first time.
Scribes
The public wasn't learning to read or write, only a group of people was allowed to have this knowledge and they were usually men know as scribes.
It wasn't easy to be a scribe as you should learn how to write the hieroglyphics and hieratic scripts in one of the special schools for scribes, spend a lot of time practicing the signs by copying them onto papyrus, flakes of limestone, or old pieces of pottery, of course, they had to work hard to become history writers.
The Pyramid Builders
Many fake theories say that pyramids were built by slaves, but new evidence appeared when they discovered tombs more than 4,000 years old and said they belonged to people who worked as builders of the Great Pyramids of Giza which proofs that slaves did not build the ancient monuments.
Building Pyramids was an official job in ancient Egypt, and every Egyptian letterly could be called on to labor on the king's building projects.
Craftsmen & Artists
In a civilization known for its countless artifacts and masterpieces, of course, craftsmen and artists were real professionals and talented.
Small craftsmen usually worked in workshops with other craftsmen making ordinary objects for the public.
Bu the famous of them were making special objects for the temples of for the pharaoh in special places such as temple workshops or palace workshops.
Soldiers
We all know that the ancient Egyptian army was on the strongest armies at its time.
Men in ancient Egypt preferred to join the army from the Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 CE) onwards. Although they had a good life as soldiers, it was very very dangerous work their lives were always in danger especially with the various battles they entered.
Entertainers
I know you may be surprised but men and women were also able to become entertainers especially musicians and dancers.
Ancient Egyptians had many festivals and special occasions like the new year that they named "Wepet-Renpet Festival", "Wag Festival" which was the death of Osiris and honoring the souls of the deceased on their journey in the afterlife, and "Wag and Thoth Festival" that was a combining of the Wag Festival with the birth of the god Thoth, they believed that they deserved to celebrate after they hard work all the day so the Entertainers and Dancers were very important.
In jobs in ancient Egypt were the same for everyone, no job was considered small or insignificant as they believed that gods created the world and everything exists in it.
Now let us know what would be your chosen job if you were living in the ancient time of Egypt.
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