Cats know that all of us are created equally purrfect but in ancient Egypt,
there were definitely different classes of people, from the Pharaoh at the
top to the slaves at the bottom.
Read below and answer in our forum: The Pharaoh . . . Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was a god. The pharaoh communicated with the gods for the Egyptian people by performing special rituals and ceremonies in the temples. TAMARA mews: Me and meowmie would be:THE PHARAOH Daddy can be a:PRIEST cause he preaches about money lots Becky can be a:SCRIBE cause she needs to get her GED Purrs Tamara 
 PHELICITY MEWS I know exactly where I should haf been among the ancient Egyptians. I am a sacred cat, a Birman, and I would haf wanted to live among the priests. I'd want to be in the temples and see the golden goddesses. I like power and wealth; that means I would haf been protected and would get blue silken cushions to lie on. POLLY purred this for us 1. My human sisfur and I probably would want to be Priestesses. Sisfur would like that because she worships the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. (So would I, though women were not usually in this class.) 2. I thought it was interesting that giraffe tails were used fur flyswatters. 3. It was also furry interesting that irises were sacred flowers.
The Egyptian army was well organized and included infantry and chariot troops. The infantry, or foot soldiers, carried spears, shields, and battle axes. The chariot troops were archers and shot arrows from the platform of the chariot. During peace time, soldiers worked on government projects such as digging irrigation canals for farming, or transporting stone for the king's tomb. TWO CAREERS...first a soldier, then a merchant BlackJack mews: During my days as a stray tomcat, I would have like to be a soldier. Now, I think maybe a merchant, so I could see all the wonderful products and help others to get some of the neat things like giraffe tails and ebony wood.
Scribes were highly valued members of Egyptian society. They studied for many years to learn to read and write. Scribes had great opportunities as accountants, priests, doctors, and government officials of all sorts. ANNIE & CONOR purred this for us: If we could be members of any particular class of people in ancient Egypt, we would be scribes, we highly value the education they would possess. We thought it interesting to find out that giraffe tails were used as fly swatters. And the discussion of irises was quite interesting...we hadn't realized they represented strength and power. MEWSETTE purrs: If I had lived in ancient Egypt, I think I would haf avoided the Pharoah in spite of my natural inclination to be in the palace, cause he might haf had a bad temper. I would rather live among the Scribes, cause they were the writers. And they need the inspiration a cat gives them. My job would haf been to inspire them to inscribe great and beautifur things! LEO,QUEENIE,GINGER and JOSEPHINE 1.We would have liked to be scribes in ancient Egypt both because we like helping our devoted slave write stories and because of all the interesting things we would have learned.Maybe we would have learned some magic like Moses witnessed and we would know all the things we wonder about such as how the Egyptians made such beautiful things so long ago.If we couldn't be scribes we ould be artists though we wouldn't be good at it and would get paint on our paws. ! Spyder mews: I love to write, so the scribe would be a natural for me. This would be a wonderful way to express myself and I love education, so would have fit right in. The Harraden Cats would all be scribes as we like to write and we would be considered important
Egypt was one of the wealthiest countries in the ancient world. Egyptian merchants (actually, they were more like traders) carried products such as gold, papyrus made into writing paper or twisted into rope, linen cloth, and jewelry to other countries. In exchange, they brought back cedar and ebony wood, elephant tusks, panther skins, giraffe tails for fly whisks, and animals such as baboons and lions for the temples or palaces. SILVERMYST mews: I think my meowmie would have wanted to be scribe but women probably did not hold those positions. My fafur would have been a merchant. He had done a lot of selling in his career and liked that best. Meowmie would have been his and my "slave"...*smile*
The Egyptian objects that we see in museums today were created by anonymous artists employed by the pharaoh, the government, or temples. Artists worked in large workshops rather than in individual studios as they often do today. Carpentry, metalwork, jewelry making, pottery, sculpture, wall painting, glass making, and weaving are some of the crafts they practiced. KITTY THE GREAT mews: "If I had lived in ancient egypt, I would hope that my "people" were artists. My meowmie and my paw are both furry creative and enjoy many many crafty type hobbies, and of course, I always like to help with them! (if it wasn't for the soldiering part of being a soldier, I might have chosen that one, because I would be furry good at digging drainage ditches... but I don't think meowmie or paw could handle that job at all!)" E.T. also liked the Artists If I lived in Egypt way back when, I would hope that my humans were artists. Cuz I like drawing and making jewelry, too. Purrhaps I get this skill from my Egyptian ancestors and they learned it from their humans. MGD mews: I would have liked to be an artist! I have actually made a painting with real paint, and think that my talents lie in the artistic world. It would have been very special to create wonderful works of art.
Peasant farmers worked land belonging to the pharaoh, the government, a temple, or a rich landowner. Their pay barely covered their living expenses. In addition to plowing, planting, and harvesting, they maintained the irrigation canals that brought water to their fields and were required to work on the pharaoh's tomb construction project each year.
Slaves & Servants The lowest class of Egyptian society, these workers were often foreigners. They worked in the household or in the fields. Slaves could be bought and sold like property. People could also sell themselves into slavery and buy themselves out of it.
Iris is the greek word for rainbow. It is also the name of the ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow. The goddess Iris used the arc of the rainbow to slide messages from the gods down to earth.
The Iris played a part in ancient Egyptian ritual as well. The Iris flower represented strength and power to the the Egyptians. Iris flowers were used to adorn the sceptors of the pharaohs and placed on the brow of the sphinx.
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