A day in the life of the Pharaoh of Egypt 03

A day in the life of the Pharaoh of Egypt

The first royal wife also played an important role in the rituals, sometimes equivalent to the role of the king, and she accompanied him in his visits to the temples and accompanied him on his visits and lived with him permanently, unlike his other lesser wives, and they lived with servants and bridesmaids in the harem palaces scattered around the country, and they moved Only within the scope of those palaces and the areas close to them

Unlike his subjects, Pharaoh was able to marry any number of women he liked, even his half-sisters, and this was to ensure the abundance of offspring and the continuation of the ruling dynasty. The infant mortality rate in all parts of the ancient world, including Egypt, was high .. That is why having more children meant a higher chance of one of them surviving until adulthood to sit on the throne and wear the double crown of the throne of Egypt. And Pharaoh often marries the daughters of kings. Foreigners to consolidate diplomatic relations with their country

Life was not all politics and devotional rituals. Entertainment also represented an important part in the life of Pharaoh, who enjoyed practicing sports activities such as archery, so that one of the 18th family pharaohs boasted of his skill in shooting arrows with a force that made him pierce a copper target three toes thick. Amenhotep II also challenged his troops to a shooting competition, which is the only time that Pharaoh had scored such a challenge

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Hunting was also very popular in all periods, so Tuthmosis the first and the third hunted elephants in Syria during their military campaign there .. However, some pharaohs preferred to spend their leisure and entertainment times in a quieter atmosphere, for example, Ramses III, for example, used to spend time in his high tower in Medinet Habu playing games. The "Senet" - similar to chess - with a harem

The royal court used to use physicians to provide health care to the pharaoh. In the Old Kingdom, there was a team of palace doctors who took care of the health of the Pharaoh and the palace’s employees all. With the advent of the New Kingdom, the Pharaoh had his own medical team alone, one who took care of his eyes and another with his teeth, and so on in all other specialties. In the past, doctors mixed traditional remedies with magic to heal their patients, especially when they suspected that evil spirits might be the cause of disease

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When we examine royal mummies of the modern state, we see that the palace doctors did their job well. The pharaohs of that era rarely suffered from serious diseases in their time, and we also note the absence of the so-called "Harris" lines (transverse lines appearing in the bones as evidence of stunted growth due to malnutrition or disease in the growth age). Among the interesting cases is the mummy of Ahmose the first, who was apparently weak in structure, and perhaps this is why he was not circumcised. As for the mummy of Amenhotep the second, it indicates that he was suffering from inflammation in the vertebrae that made him suffer from stiffness in the spine. As for Amenhotep the third, he was obese, and he was suffering From dental abscesses, Tutankhamun was suffering from malaria, and perhaps Ramses V was the least fortunate of the pharaohs in health, as he suffered from smallpox and inguinal hernia, and perhaps also from bubonic plague

When evening comes, Pharaoh will have completed his political and religious mission, and he would spend his evenings, perhaps sitting with the queen, or meeting with his private doctor to check his health, or perhaps he was practicing some sports and entertaining games