Video 11.2007 from Egypt
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Education in Ancient Egypt
Egyptian boys from rich families studied at home. Teachers, mentors and wise men were invited to teach them.
Later schools had begun to open in temples buildings. Schools for a long time did not appear in small cities or in countryside. And teachers were local copyists or priests who learned children of rich landowners and merchants for a certain payment.
Children did not go to schools if their families had low or moderate means. Boys studied fathers’ crafts, and girls helped their mothers to keep a house.
Egyptian schools were opened only for boys. At seven years old boys began attend school. A study was based on copying of sacred texts. Boys wrote on pieces of broken crockery or on wooden plates, which were covered with varnish. This varnish could be erased and covered again. So they could write on these plates again. When they became ten boys passed to second level of education. They studied geography, history, literature, religion, building and land businesses, etc. Boys studied how to write letters and official documents at this level of education.
Boys had to pass examinations to finish their education. Most of them became a copyists or officials. Children of rich people continued education and began to specialize on one or two subjects.
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Copyright © 2007 Alisa Yasnoy
Translation from Russian into English: Svetlana Mukte
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