Writing and Education

                 Alex Goldstein

            

What did scribes do in Ancient Egypt?

• Record Keepers
• Worked in Government and Religious positions
• Administer the laws
• Collect taxes
• Supervise government projects
• Worked at Pharos Palace

 

 

What were scribes?

• Educated by priests
• Learned to read and right hieroglyphics
• Many students learned a simpler system called hieratic
• Egyptians used hieroglyphics for lots of the writing

 

 

What was school like?

• School day could last from sunrise to sundown
• Teachers were harsh and sometimes physically beat students
• Spent for years practicing on tablets before being entrusted with papyrus

 

What different positions for scribes were there?

• Record Keepers
• Worked in Government and Religious positions
• Administer the laws
• Collect taxes
• Supervise government projects
• Worked at Pharaohs Palace
• When on military expeditions
• Measured the Nile River
• Kept track of food and grain supply
• Kept track of taxes

 

Photo Sources

[Image] http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/large.aspx?img=images/RMO/sr_1.jpg. September 16, 2015. Web

[Image] http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/large.aspx?img=images/EMC/EM-7059-S4-SR9092-2_800x800.jpg. September 16, 2015. Web