Egyptian Education

A student's textbook was written thousands of years ago, the teacher's red corrections filled their students' written page, a punishment could include writing over and over again lines of script, but then it was the only way out of a dead end job.

This is just a sample of what school was like in Ancient Egypt. Find out more about life in Ancient Egypt and what it was like to be a student in Roman Egyptian times.

Web Resources

• HieroglyphicsLearn to write like an Egyptian.
• Egyptian Mathematics Count like an Egyptian.
• Egyptian Art Learn to draw like an Egyptian.
• School Tablet This school tablet would fill a backpack.

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