What It Was Like to Live in Ancient Egypt

What was it actually like to live in Ancient Egypt? Forget the pharaohs and giant monuments for a moment. Imagine waking up in a small mudbrick house, eating bread and beer for breakfast, working through the heat, collecting water, living with your family, playing games, attending festivals, and watching the Nile shape almost every part of your life. In this video, we step into the everyday life of an ordinary person in Ancient Egypt — from food and work to homes, clothing, family, religion, entertainment, and ideas about the afterlife. And the further you look past the monuments, the more surprisingly familiar ancient Egyptian life becomes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 RESEARCH & SOURCES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ British Museum — Daily Life in Ancient Egypt British Museum — Egyptian life and death British Museum — Deir el-Medina and ancient Egyptian workers British Museum — Senet and ancient Egyptian board games The Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Ancient Egyptian food, clothing and cosmetics The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian daily-life objects and household evidence University of Chicago, Oriental Institute — Deir el-Medina and documentary evidence for everyday Egyptian life This video is based on archaeological evidence, surviving objects, ancient records, artwork and research from major museums and academic institutions. Welcome to Pastbounds — history told like you were there.