MummiesBy: Sample Student

Children and Family Life

Egyptians loved children.Egyptians mostly did art with families.Young children didn't wear any clothes.Most Egyptians didn’t know how to write. Most children did not go to school.

Tomb robbersOne thing robbers could not steal was art on

the walls.Tomb paintings often show people dancing or

playing.It was believed dancers and musicians in the

paintings.Tomb paintings show the person who had

died.Even if the person was old and weak at the

time of the death they painted pictures of them young, heallthly, and happy.

Making a mummyIf you lived in Egypt a long time ago, when

you died they would make you into a mummy.It takes a long time to make a mummy.The work was done by a team of priests.They had to work together for many weeks to

make a mummy.

Farms and Crops