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Our Job in Ancient Egypt Our job is being slaves. We live in our owners house. We men wear skirts called a kilt and the women wear straight fitting dresses held up by straps. We build our owners houses of sun dried mud made of bricks and straw. We are poor people.

Slaves We have to wake up early in the morning and clean whatever the owner wants us to do and work all day. We have to work in the farms or wherever our owner needs us all day. Our Job is terrible because we have no rights and we get no free time.

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Farmers Our job is being farmers in Ancient Egypt. We live next to our huge fields. We wear short kilts made of coarse linen with sandals made of reeds. We wear cloaks, shawls, tunics, and fur clothing in winter.

Our Job We use scoops, sickles and plows. We are poor people but if we own the farm then we wealthy. We live in houses made of mud bricks. We have to go to work very early and come home late in the afternoon and then we go to eat and sleep. Our job is important because we grow food for the pharaoh and the people.

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Merchants My job is being a merchant. I live in the town. I sell different things across the Nile such as clothing, food, spices, and tools. I travel by boat across the Nile to sell my things. I am not a rich or poor person.

Merchants My house is made out of mud, bricks, and wood. I travel from one end of the Nile to the other end. I get to meet lots of different people. I like my job because I am not really poor and I trade enough to have enough food and live comfortably.

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Our job in Ancient Egypt We are scribes. We wear a short kilt. We live in the temple with the priests. We write using hieroglyphics. We use a brush case, dried ink, water pot, and writing brushes.

Scribes We are not rich or poor. We count on a daily basis the number of blocks delivered and the tools used in the morning and returned at night when there are constructions like building a new palace or a pyramid for the pharaoh. We are important because many people do not know how to write so being a scribe is a good career.

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Priests Our job is to be a priest. We take care of the needs of the gods or goddesses. We live in the palace. We wear linen kilts. We use papyrus and coal ink to write. We are rich because we live in the palace or the temple.

Our Daily Job In the morning we pray to the gods and goddesses to protect the pharaoh and the people. We light the torches. We wash the statue and place fresh clothing and jewels on them. We place offerings of food and drink near the statues. Our job is important because we advise the pharaoh and pray to the gods to keep them happy.

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Our Job in Ancient Egypt We live in the village. We live in the village. We wear linen clothes and some jewelry, gold, and we dont wear as fancy clothes as the pharaoh. We wear linen clothes and some jewelry, gold, and we dont wear as fancy clothes as the pharaoh. Our job is being a government official. Our job is being a government official. We oversee many of the key functions of government including building projects, the land, documents, and the court system. We oversee many of the key functions of government including building projects, the land, documents, and the court system.

Government Official We are rich. On daily basis we make sure that all the rules set by the pharaoh are followed. Sometimes we, the viziers, are also the high priests. The vizier is another word for government official. We are the chief ministers of Egypt and only answer to the pharaoh. Our job is important because we keep everything under control and keep the pharaoh safe.

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MY JOB IN ANCIENT EGYPT I have a tall sharp stick which has gold. I live in a palace in the capital called Memphis in Egypt. I am the richest person because I am the pharaoh.

PHARAOH I rule everyone. I wear a crown shaped like an oval on my head representing both Upper and Lower Egypt. I wear fine gold clothes. My job is important because I have to take care of Egypt and its people.

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Queen Hatshepsut My job is to be Queen Hatshepsut. My home is the palace. What I wear every day is leather sandals and white linen dresses. I also wore men's clothes too when my husband had died.

My Job I support my husband. I have a lot of expensive things to trade with people to pay them for their work. When my husband died I took over because my son was too young but when my son was old enough I didnt want him to take my place. I died mysteriously.

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