Ancient Egyptian Art History, Entertainment and Daily Life

 Lifestyle: Ancient Egypt was a complex society needing people doing many different tasks and jobs. Some of the jobs are farming, craftspeople, soldiers, scribes and priests.

Looking nice and being clean was very important to them. Rich people wore jewelry made of gold and silver while the poor wore made of copper. Makeup was worn too by both men and women. The main type of makeup was eye paint.

Since it was hot, people wore linen clothes. Men wore kilts and women wore straight dress. the poor wore patterned fabric.

The houses in the village were made of sun baked mud. The houses were small with few windows and furniture and had flat roofs for people to sleep during summer.

The staple food was the bread. They also had fruits, vegetables, lambs and goats for food. They had clay ovens to cook and dishes were made of clay.




Entertainment: The people of Ancient Egypt enjoyed a variety of activities for entertainment. They hunted not only for food but for entertainment too. They aslo played board games for fun .The popular board games were sennet and mehen. They enjoyed physical games and sports. Wrestling and chariot racing were  popular sports.




Art History: Most of the artwork was based on religion. they would fill the tombs of the Pharaohs with paintings and sculptures. Temples were another popular place for art. the temples held large statutes of gods and paintings on the wall. Some pf the famous giant sculptures are The great sphinx of Giza and statues of Ramses II at the Abu Simbel temples. They mostly used black, red, green and gold color in their paintings.









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