Ancient EgyptFood, Drink, and Celebration

FOOD• The Egyptians ate many different things. They also

ate well. • The poorest people ate a healthy diet of fruits and

vegetables. The rich ate meat of many kinds, mostly cows and sheep. • Meat was expensive because there were very few

grazing pastures for the cows and sheep and other animals to eat.

DRINK• Drinks were an important part of a meal. The rich drank

wine and almost everybody else drank beer. • When somebody held a party, it was called a "House of

Beer." To make their beer, the Ancient Egyptians would half bake loaves of barley, then crumble it into barley and water.

• They sealed this mixture and let it settle. They didn’t want to drink all those lumps so they strained the beer before they drank it.

CELEBRATION

• The ancient egyptian love celebration. Egyptian made celebration to records the dates. Festival ,Feast and holidays. Many of the festival or feast have to have an exact amount of cakes.• Some festival more important than others : New year’s

day , feast of waggy. Festival of the dead and was celebrated at sunset.

PLATE• The rich ate off of plates of gold, silver, faience,

and bronze at a low table. People with less money ate off of earthenware plates.

QUIZ•What were the rich drink in Ancient

Egyptian ?•What kind of food did the people in Ancient

Egyptian eat most?•What kind of meat did Ancient Egyptian eat

most?• Did the Ancient Egyptian loves celebration?•What kind of plate did the rich people in

Ancient Egyptian use?

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