What Did Ancient Egyptians Actually Do All Day?

Beer for breakfast, sand in your bread, sick days for scorpion stings — and the first workers' strike in recorded history. This is what ordinary ancient Egyptians actually did all day. Forget the pharaohs and the pyramids. We follow one normal day in ancient Egypt, from the dark before sunrise to the last lamp at night, through the village of Deir el-Medina — the tomb builders of the Valley of the Kings, who wrote down almost everything: absence lists, shopping lists, love songs, court cases and complaints. You'll see how farmers lived by the Nile flood, how people got paid without coins, what really happened inside a royal tomb, how Naunakhte disinherited her own children, and why the crew of Ramesses III put down their tools and walked out. If you've ever wondered what daily life in ancient Egypt was really like for ordinary people — not kings — this is the day you'd have lived. ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 The Absence List 0:30 The Village of Tomb Builders 1:09 Before Sunrise 2:10 Morning in the Fields 3:01 The Mother Who Cut Off Her Children 4:08 The Tax Man Arrives 4:59 A World Without Money 6:03 Inside the Royal Tomb 7:11 The First Strike in History 8:15 Evening in the Village 9:34 Night Fears and Letters to the Dead 10:13 A Day You Already Know Which job would you pick — farmer, tomb builder or scribe? Tell me in the comments. Subscribe to Ever Invented for more normal days from other places and other times. #ancientegypt #history #dailylife