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Question:What did egyption eat? How what did the kids have to do? Who were thier god? I think it was a cat. But also tell me some more stuff please!

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The poorest people seem to have subsisted on bread, beer and a few vegetables, notably onions: according to Herodotus it was with these very commodities that the builders of the Great Pyramid were paid.

The texts on straca excavated at the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina(where the workmen who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings lived) shows that the workers' payment took the form of food rations. Emmer and barley (for making bread), beans, onions, garlic, lettuces and cocumbers, were among the most regular supplies of vegetables, but salted fish also formed an important part of the villagers' diet. Meat was usually provided in the form of complete cattle from the temple stock-yards. Outside Dier el-Medina, meat would have been regarded as a luxury for most Egyptians, something to be eaten primarily at festivals or on other special occasions.

The wealthy would have eaten oxen, and evidence from the Middle Kingdom as well as the New Kingdom show that pigs were raised for their meat. Hares, gazelles and other wild animals would have provided a supplement to the diet of poorer people, as well as providing hunting quarry for the elite.

animals were also used as a source of fat, and in order to provide milke for cheese making. Ducks and, from the New Kingdom onwards, hens were kept for eggs and meat, and wilf-fowl were hunted for sport and food.

Various fruits (such as dates, figs, grapes, poemgrantes, dom-palm nuts and, more rarely, almonds) were available both to the inhabitants of the workers' village at Dier el-Medina and to the population at large. Grapes were also used in the making of wine, and there are numerous tomb scenes of vintners at work. Wine, however, appears to have been generally consumed by the wealthier groups in Egyptian society, and the jars in which it was kept frequently state its place of origin and year of vintage.

Honey was obtained from both wild and domesticated bees, and was used to transform bread into cakes and to sweeten beer. At Deir-el-Medina it is recorded that confectioners were employed to prepare honey-cakes for the gang of workmen.

children played with toys like balls made of wood or leather, wooden toys like cats or crocodiles with moveable jaws, dwarfs which could be made to dance by pulling strings, replica weapons, and girls had rag or wooden dolls. Poorer children had model animals made out of Nile mud. Children of peasants, artisans, and tradesmen would be expected to help their parents when they were old enough. Boys would learn whatever trade or craft their father was engaged in. Girls would learn domestic skills from their mothers, spinning and weaving would be particularly important skills that they would need, as producing material for clothing was a major job done by women at this time. boys of the upper classes would go to scribal schools, where they would learn reading,writing, and mathematics, . Girls did not go to school, but some girls learned to read and write at home.

The Egyptians had many gods and goddesses, the cat goddess you are thinking of was Bastet, whose festival at Bubastis was described by Herodotus as being the most elaobrate in all Egypt. She was a very popular goddess, associated with love and joy. Other major Egyptian deities inclue Ra, the creator sun-god; Ptah, the creator-god of Memphis;Osiris, the god of the dead and the Underworld; Isis, wife of Osiris, who was the symbolic mother of the king and a goddess of immense magical power; Horus, the falcon-god, 'lord of the sky, and symbol of divine kingship;Anubis, the god of cemeteries and embalming,;Hathor, the universal cow-goddess who was also considered mother of the pharoah: Thoth, the moon-god presiding over scribes and knowledge: Sekhmet, the lioness-goddess of Memphis, consort of Ptah, a warlkie goddess who was adopted by the pharoahs as symbol of their own unvanquished heroism in battle: Taweret, the hippopotamus-goddess, protector of women in childbirth, Bes, the dwarf-god, who also protected women in childbirth, Seth, the god of chaotic forces: Sobek, the crocodile-god symbolic of pharaonic might.

There are many others, Egyptian mythology is very complex and fascinating.

I can tell u the gods:

the three main egyprian gods were isis, set, and anubis. isis was the wife of osiris who was killed by anubis. anubis is the god of the underworld. he was the jackel. nut is the sky god.

WOW, why too much info to put here, go to the following websites that will give you all the info you need and more!
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/
http://encarta.msn.com/
http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/egypt...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/a...
These should help ENJOY!! I love ancient Egyptian histroy! These are all also good sources that are reputable and accurate, unlike Wikipedia!

EDIT LynnY Osiris was killed by Set, his brother and Osiris is the God of the Underworld Anubus was the God of embalming and of the dead. Resource see above links!

Oh, boy! This question is nothing that can be answered briefly!

The Egyptians were one of the greatest civilizations of all time. Their culture and religion, as well as their art, philosophy, and science, were the most developed of their time.

They ate mostly grains like wheat and oat, meat from cows and goats, milk, honey, fish (which they took from the River Nile) and a few other things found in an arid climate, like dates and figs.

The kids had many games to play, like the sticks game, but they had to go to school too (especially the rich kids) or learn a craft from their parents: some popular choices were potters, fishers, weavers, etc.

The Egyptian religion had many stages of evolution. They were polytheists (had many gods and goddesses). The main deities were: Amon-Ra (the Sun), Kephry (the Scarab of Inmortality), Nut (the Sky Goddess), Anubis (the Keeper of the Dead), Set (Lord of the desert and evil things), Osiris (Lord of the Dead and the Kingdom of Bliss), Isis (Mother Goddess and Queen of Heaven), Horus (who was the son of both Osiris and Isis, and Ruler of the World), Hator (Cat Goddess, Lady of Wisdom), Thot (the Moon god and lord of science, astronomy and scripture) and many, many more. There was also a time when the Pharaoh installed a monotheistic religion (Amon-Ra, the Sun), but it didn't last long.

More stuff? They built the Pyramids, the greatest architectural achievement of humanity ever! They invented the Hieroglyphic scriptures, and used the plant Papyrus to make sheets of paper. They traded with the peoples of most of the Mediterranean sea, and there is even a claim that they reached the Americas (tobacco, which is a plant originated in Central America and Mexico, was found at a Pharao's tomb).

Their astronomers were very accomplished, and the lay of their main temples and the location of the pyramids match the distribution of stars in heaven, following the Milky Way (which was reflected in the River Nile).

(PS: No, Anubis did NOT kill Osiris. It was Set, his brother -the one with the crocodile head-. Oh, and the main gods would be Osiris, Isis and Horus, plus Set, Nephtys and Anubis in one of the pantheons, but there were many stages.)

What did the Egyptians eat? By this I assume you mean Ancient Egyptians; the main elements of diet for all classes were bread, beer and onions. Poor people survived almost entirely on this, while the rich had a wider range of foods including meat such as goose and other fowl, beef and fruit. Noblemen hunted wild animals in the desert and along the Nile, using throwing sticks (something like a boomerang), spears and bows.

What did the children have to do? Again it depends on the class in society. Poor children would play with toys made of baked mud (the same as bricks for houses) shaped and painted in the form of animals or dolls. There were games played with pebbles on boards marked out on the ground, something like checkers today. The children of wealthy families had a much wider range of opportunities, including scribal training for boys (learning to read and write in hieroglyphs).

The ancient Egyptians worshipped many hundreds of gods who could each have several different incarnations (much like the Hindu gods of India). Local gods would look after the community, farming, childbirth, protect you from wild animals and snakes and so on, while a host of national gods protected the country, life and death, luck, war and the Nile. There was a goddess (Bastet) who was a woman with the head of a black cat or simply a black cat - she was not the only cat goddess and was a fierce goddess of war, connected with Mut and Sekhmet.

There are hundreds of books to increase you knowledge of Ancient Egyptian life, beliefs and language - some are listed below.

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