The life in Ancient Egypt evolved the Nile River and the fertile land along its bank. The yearly flooding of the Nile enriched the soil and brought good harvest and wealth to the land. All of Egypt celebrated the Opet Festival. Work in the fields stopped while people joined in a festival honoring the pharaoh and his patron, the god Amon-Re. Everyone in Egyptian society took part in the festival. Priests had decorated a statue of the god with jewelry. They put the statue in a shrine and placed decorated boat called a barque. The beautifully decorated boat was made by artisans, or craftspeople. Government officials competed for the honor of carrying the barque on a pole through the town. Peasants farmers lined the streets to watch the procession. Scribes made a written record of the celebration. All these groups were brought together by the Opet Festival. But in everyday life, they belong to very different social classes. These classes made up a social pyramid, with the pharaoh at the top and peasants at the bottom. In between were government officials, scribes, artisans, and priests.
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This is a social pyramid where it shows the jobs that ranged from low to high jobs
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Today we don't have all these social classes, but we have three that we try to keep at a high level. One is poor which is for people that are homeless and don't have much money. We usually try to avoid this and we try to raise this problem higher. There is also middle class which is the majority of the country and this is usually people who aren't rich, but not poor either they are typically neutral. Then lastly, there are rich. These people have lots of money where they can do what they want. It is very rare to be rich because it is hard to get all this money. We don't have a social class pyramid where they show jobs but, we have a social class showing how much money we own. Today, the Pyramid of Giza still remains a mystery and it wouldn't remain a mystery if Ancient Egyptians didn't create these.