Egypt Day 2

The servant had lead me to one of the great farms of ancient Egypt.  I met on of the farmers that worked there and he explained to me many things about the way they planted the crops and bred the animals and how most of the things they grew went to the Pharaoh.  

The Farm

On the farm there were many animals that had many uses like using oxen to pull ploughs but they also had animals like pigs for food but also sheep for making clothes using the wool.

The farmers themselves were peasants and they used the fertile soil to plant their crops.

The farmers used many tools that were simple but useful like ploughs, and sickles. They also used a shaduf which they used to collect their water source for their crops, thewater came straight from The Nile. It would require only one person to lift the water out of the Nile into a clay container. The Egyptians would use these clay pots to carry all sorts of things including water.

Egyptian farmers grew many crops that differed from each other, but the all the good stuff that was harvested must be given to the Pharaoh. They grew things like grain and other products. The grain was used to make beer, bread and other grain products.