Daily Life in Egypt


	Daily Life in Egypt

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aee834ad-1bd0-4ac0-aecc-5696e2caf04e/5335C9EC-9669-4EC6-B2B2-D1510DAE6BEF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html" href="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.carlos.emory.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.carlos.emory.edu/img/89C910E1-C9FD-46D2-A50B-44D0B47D9CD9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.carlos.emory.edu/img/28D20364-6261-4C49-83C4-1308AE7E7252" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>Most objects that we use everyday become worn and fall apart. Do you 
        think that your sneakers, back packs, or dishes will last 3000 years? 
        Because the ancient Egyptians included objects that they needed everyday 
        and scenes of daily life in their tombs, we can get an idea of how they 
        lived. Here are a few observations based on what they left behind . . 
        .</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><FONT size="3">Where did they live? </FONT>. . . Most Egyptians built 
        their homes out of mud bricks made from the mud along the Nile River mixed 
        with straw and pebbles. Wealthy homes were decorated with wall paintings 
        on the inside. Furnishings were simple -- stools for seating, chests to 
        store things. They slept on <A target="Chicago" href="http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/HIGH/OIM_12169.html"><B>wooden 
        beds</B></A> and used <A href="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/headrest.html"><B>headrests</B></A> instead 
        of pillows</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><FONT size="3"><B>What did they wear? . . .</B></FONT> Linen woven from 
        the <A href="http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/flax.html"><B>flax plant</B></A> was the most common fabric 
        for clothing. Men usually wore a simple kilt tied at the waist, and women 
        wore sheath dresses. </TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5335C9EC-9669-4EC6-B2B2-D1510DAE6BEF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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