Industry and professions in ancient Egypt

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Today, we will tell you about the industries and professions that the ancient Egyptian invented to facilitate his practical life and perpetuate a name and art to remain for thousands of years until he reached the grandchildren.

We used to talk to the Post Fat about agriculture and its development and the industries that were based on it and continue with each other about the life of the ancient Egyptians. The professions in Egypt were hereditary, and there were professions dedicated to each family. The important thing is not to fall in and let us start together and enjoy history. But please open the pictures, you will love you very much, and I have rotated a lot to some extent, I wish you like you تع لاف Thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptian took advantage of the materials provided to him by the Egyptian environment of wood, stones and minerals and knew their properties and benefits and was able to reach the best ways in which he used these materials and how to develop this use. The Egyptian maker often inherited his industry from his father and grandfather. He inherited it for his sons, generations after generations, which helped master these crafts and industries and develop them from generation to generation.

Minerals mining and mining

The ancient Egyptian excelled in reaching the extraction of minerals from the mountains and using them. The first of these minerals was copper. They extracted it from the Sinai Peninsula and was used in the manufacture of utensils and weapons. Then he began mixing copper with tin and knew that as bronze, which is more solid than copper, he made statues, chisels, and some other tools. The ancient Egyptian also knew iron in small quantities, imported a lot of it from Asia and used it on a small scale to make some tools.

Goldsmithing

The ancient miners extracted gold from Aswan and Edfu and the land of Nubia (Kush). They showed unparalleled ingenuity in the use of gold to make jewellery, weapons, utensils, coffins and masks, which indicates the extent of the ingenuity of the Egyptian superior and high technical taste in the use of this mineral.

In addition to gold, silver was known as metal, and silver was limited and mixed with gold. They made an electromagnet alloy and used it in jewellery and utensils, in grafting jewellery and coffins of kings, and precious masks convinced them.

Wood industry

No trees in Egypt were suitable for high-end industries such as sycamore and acacia, so he obtained cedar, cypress, and ebony from West Asia to manufacture boats, furniture, coffins, doors, and other boxes for jewellery, clothing, etc. He devised tools to facilitate artistic works such as

Saw, foot, square, axes, hammers, drills. Among the most important industries

Papyrus industry

Because of the abundance of the papyrus plant, which cultivated in northern Egypt in the Delta and became one of the oldest types of leaves in the world, these papers sometimes reached rolls of up to 45 meters in length, and Egypt became a centre for making this paper, and it was exported abroad. Also, papyrus was made of sandals, light boats, baskets, ropes, mats and brushes.

Textile Industry

It was one of the first industries in ancient Egypt, so the ancient Egyptian knew the fabric from wool, silk and linen from the flax plant, which is considered the most common fabric, and the ancient Egyptians brought out types of very delicacy, accuracy and transparency, which are considered luxury types for the king and nobles. Among the most important Egyptian industries

Glass industry

The Sinai was the source of the purest types of sand used in the manufacture of glass, and he was first used to make beads for jewellery, utensils and eyes for statues and colours of glass in Egypt, black, green, white, red, blue and yellow.

Pottery Industry

It is one of the oldest industries in the ancient text since the Naqada and Badari civilization, which originated in Egypt long before the dynastic era. This was facilitated by the easy access to raw material from silt and the short period of its work. Its use is making statues, utensils and bricks for construction, models for homes, and tools for funerary beliefs. The worker used different colours to create or writing utensils.

Stone industries

The Egyptians cut stones from the quarries spread in the land of Kemet and were able to extract millions of tons to use in building the great civilization and devised cutting tools and excelled in the formation of tough stones (like the statue of King Khafre from the diorite stone)

And the use of different types of stones, such as limestone, granite, basalt, alabaster, schist and sand for making jewellery, statues, vessels, coffins and memorial boards, and he used in this various machines chisels, paddles and saws, and excelled in forming the hardest types of stones with extreme accuracy, surprising.

Among the finest structures in Egyptian construction 4,000 years ago is the Dam El-Lahoun, established in the Twelfth Dynasty, specifically during Amenemhat the Third. This dam still works to this day.

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Ceramics and ceramics

The oldest types of ceramics were found in Saqqara under the pyramid of King Djoser and used in making statues, amulets, and ornaments.

In addition to that, he established other professions such as:

Hunting and mummification which is still a secret of the Egyptians. He excelled in medicine and surgery, drawing, engraving and writing, and innovated salting fish and grinding grains and crops. He also liked fun, so there were professions for entertainment, musicians and stakeholders, singers and many other professions.