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All About the Birthing Room in Ancient Egypt!!
All About the Birthing Room in Ancient Egypt!!
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See how well your students can learn about the birthing room in ancient egypt
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How did they determine the baby was a girl or a boy?
looking
Testing the moms induction of vomiting and examination eyes.
watching the mothers diet
2
Why were amulets tied around the baby's body
To protect the baby from any obstacles in its life
to show off
So the baby can go where ever they want
To stay away from the mother
3
What did the baby drink/eat when it came out of mommy's stomach?
drank water from nile river
ate bread
they got breast fed for the first 3 years
ate meat/fish
4
What was the purpose to keep the mom in the birthing room? Religious or for Cleanliness
Both.
cleanliness
religious
Both. They stayed inside the room for a ritual purification
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Were male doctors aloud to help the mother?
depending on different things
No, only female nurses
only if they knew what they were doing
yes
6
How did the pheasant mothers give birth? Who helped her?
The mother was on her own
They called 2 women from the household or neighbors.
The husband helped her
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What does the statue of Bes represent?
keeping the child safe from any demon
making the child become danger
make the mother cruel to the child
helping the mother through her pregnenacy
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What did the Egyptions do to protect the mother and the baby during birth?
They said delivery sayings over and over again.
They did rituals
They told the mother to take deep breaths.
They sang lulubies
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Why did the mothers wear amulets, to represent whom during their birth?
Heqet
Ra
Bes
Anubis
10
What did the girls do when they got older?
working in temples
they worked in the kitchen, making bread.
making pottery
worked in the fields
11
Did the Egyptians take long to choose a name for their child?
No, they lost no time at all.
It took them 1 day
Yes, they gave the child a name at age 2
Some needed a month.
12
Could the mother have died while giving birth to its own child?
Unlikely
Maybe
Yes, pregnancy was dangerous and took a lot of work.
No
13
How old were the children when they did work around the house or started learning.
5
10
7
3
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How come children got to drink beer at such a young age and we children don't now?
Their beer didn't have that much alcohal in it.
they earned it
they were more mature
the parents got them to do work by bribing them with beer.
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True or False:
It was most likely that the baby was at risk of dieing when it was born.
false
true
