What was daily life like in ancient Egypt? That was the question we pondered with this week’s Em Hotep Digest. How did Egyptian families get along? What was town and home life like? What did they eat and drink? How did they attire themselves? What did they do for entertainment? All these issues are considered within.
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Tags: Beer, Clothing, Cosmetics, Deir el-Medina, Diet, Family Life, Games, Hierakonpolis, Jewelry
This week Em Hotep BBS, our daily Facebook presence, took up the subject of Hathor—the beautiful, the bovine, and the beastly. Herein we explore her temples, we examine her iconography, and we appreciate her art. There is a museum hop, suggested links and good reads, plus the wonderful photography.
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Tags: Deir el Bahri, Deir el-Medina, Dendera, Hathor, Nubia, Philae, Sistrum
And now for something completely different! Terry Jones of Monty Python fame teams up with Egyptologist Dr. Joann Fletcher to give us a look at everyday life in ancient Egypt by comparing it to everyday life in modern Egypt.
Food and fun, work and play, you will be surprised by how much remains the same. Summary, analysis, and some really cool video clips wait inside!
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Tags: Abu Simbel, Coptic Christianity, Deir el-Medina, Joann Fletcher, Luxor, Mastaba of Ti, Old Gurna, Pyramids, Sennedjem, Tombs, Valley of the Kings
