Important jobs in ancient Egypt included soldiers,
scribes, artists, and peasants. Most jobs were inherited. If your father
was a farmer, so were you.
Anyone, however, could learn to be a scribe if they
had the talent. Learning to be a script was a
complicated process. Scribes went
to scribe school. Most who attended did not pass the course. In ancient Egypt,
everything was written down, especially lists. Scribes were in high
demand. Good scribes could work their way up, all the way to Pharaoh's
court.
