Domestic Life

Domestic Life

Lily Finkelstein

  1. What does being married mean for most ancient Egyptians
  • Married  were 12-14 years old
  • Never had a formal or religious ceremony
  • A marriage was when a man and a women had a household
  • Working persons house was about 14 by 40 feet
  • You could get divorced and divorced people could get married again.

2.What is a woman’s social position?

  • First fathers social status
  • Latter when married husbands social status
  • Upper class is a lot different than lower classes.
  • Luxury and comfort show a rich man’s country house and townhouse.

 

  1. Were Women treated as well as men?
  • Women from different classes were treated differently depending on different classes.
  • Women could own property and were entitled to share equal in any inheritance left by a decreases people
  • Each village and town of any size had a court called a kenbet. There were know attorneys so everyone had to speak for them self.
  • Women were equal to men in the eyes of the law.

 

  1. What did kids do
  • Children who didn’t go to school could take part in daily family activities.
  • Children played leap frog, tug-a-war, and a board game called senet.
  • Senet is a board game which adults and kids play, you would battle against the forces of evil to try to reach the underworld kingdom of a God called Osiris.
  • Lot of kids died at 5 years old.