Daily life in ancient Egypt 02

Daily life in ancient Egypt

Marriage, parents and children

Ancient Egyptian society was urging early marriage to combat moral decay. The ancient Egyptian belonging to the upper class would marry only one woman, to be the mother of his legal children. Marriage contracts were not known at the time, and there is no evidence of a special ceremony for marriage, and the bride often went by herself to the husband’s house that she and her family had agreed to

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The husband's obligations towards his wife were clear and specific, as appears from the  Ptahhotep papyrus [1], which dates back to nearly 4,500 years ago

“If you are a successful man

So he found a house

And I love your wife, who is in it

Satiate it

And her back covered

Treat her body with aromatic oils

Happiest as long as I live

It is a fruitful field for its master. ”

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And "Ptahhotep" warns of the strange desire of women, saying

“If you want to be of dignity in whatever home you enter

Whether it is a great house .. or a brother .. or a friend

Do not approach women

There is no place where he entered the attachment to the whims of women without corruption

And it is wise to avoid yourself the places of excess and slippage

They are not given by perishable resources

Thousands of men have destroyed themselves .. and worked to their deaths

For their enjoyment of casual pleasure ... it goes like a dream ... in a jiffy '

The father was the supreme authority in the house - who was distinguished by order and discipline - and he was responsible for raising male children and raising them to know right and wrong. One of the wise men says

“If you are a sane man

Let you have a son

It is based on his upbringing

That is something that pleases the gods Maat. ”

In ancient Egypt, the gods "Maat" represented justice and righteous behavior, and then evolved into a symbol of the spirit of guiding and guiding human beings. It was referring to the arrival of the universe to a state of harmony, as the sun rises every morning from the east, and as the earth's return to life and planting to grow again after the end of the harvest season

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