Sanitation and nutrition
Sanitation
No one in Ancient Egypt understood the meaning of sanitation as they didn't know that they had to wash there hands after killing animals before dealing with food, they didn't wash there hands after going to the bath room these were many causes of some deaths as doctors didn't understand the meaning of bacteria and germs that could cause damage to the human body.
Nutrition
Food
Rich people ate mainly beef, with some sheep and goat. They wouldn't usually eat pig if other meat was available. They also hunted and ate many of the wild animals including deer and antelopes. The poor people ate less beef and more goat and sheep and they also ate pigs. There were many different sorts of fish in the River Nile, but rich people did not eat a lot of fish (except salted fish) if meat was available. Poor people ate more fish, and they also preserved it by drying it in the sun or salting it.
Drinks
Water: Although the River Nile always contained lots of water, the Egyptians did not usually drink river water or water from the irrigation ditches and canals because this contained lots of water snails and other animals which spread human parasites - parasites are very tiny animals which live on or inside our bodies and can make us very ill or blind us, or even kill us. They collected there water from there wells in there houses or villages.
Beer:
The Egyptians drank a lot of beer, and workers usually received a daily allowance of beer. Both adults and children drank it! Beer was made from barley or sometimes wheat but sometimes dates or other fruits were used as well.
Milk:
Egypt is a very hot country and of course there were no refrigerators in Ancient Egypt so fresh milk would go sour within a few hours. Any milk that was not going to be drunk within a few hours would therefore be turned into a yoghurt-like drink or made into butter or cheese.
No one in Ancient Egypt understood the meaning of sanitation as they didn't know that they had to wash there hands after killing animals before dealing with food, they didn't wash there hands after going to the bath room these were many causes of some deaths as doctors didn't understand the meaning of bacteria and germs that could cause damage to the human body.
Nutrition
Food
Rich people ate mainly beef, with some sheep and goat. They wouldn't usually eat pig if other meat was available. They also hunted and ate many of the wild animals including deer and antelopes. The poor people ate less beef and more goat and sheep and they also ate pigs. There were many different sorts of fish in the River Nile, but rich people did not eat a lot of fish (except salted fish) if meat was available. Poor people ate more fish, and they also preserved it by drying it in the sun or salting it.
Drinks
Water: Although the River Nile always contained lots of water, the Egyptians did not usually drink river water or water from the irrigation ditches and canals because this contained lots of water snails and other animals which spread human parasites - parasites are very tiny animals which live on or inside our bodies and can make us very ill or blind us, or even kill us. They collected there water from there wells in there houses or villages.
Beer:
The Egyptians drank a lot of beer, and workers usually received a daily allowance of beer. Both adults and children drank it! Beer was made from barley or sometimes wheat but sometimes dates or other fruits were used as well.
Milk:
Egypt is a very hot country and of course there were no refrigerators in Ancient Egypt so fresh milk would go sour within a few hours. Any milk that was not going to be drunk within a few hours would therefore be turned into a yoghurt-like drink or made into butter or cheese.