
Ancient Egypt for Kids
Dreams
Dreams were very important to the ancient Egyptians. They believed the gods could communicate with you through your dreams. They also believed that dreams could foretell the future. For example, if an ancient Egyptian dreamed of drinking warm beer, he or she could expect to have something unfortunate happen to them quite soon. A dream like that would send an ancient Egyptian hurrying to an amulet maker, in the hopes of warding off this future evil.
For a while, people slept now and then in the temples so the gods could speak to them in their dreams, and give them clues to future events. This fad had to be discouraged finally by the temple priests because too many people wanted to sleep in the temples at the same time. Instead, the concept of oracles sprang up. Ancient Egyptians could sleep in their own home, have a dream, and then bring their dream to a priest who could interpret it for them. This worked much better, and gave the priests added payment in the form of food or goods.

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Ancient Egypt for Kids
Geography, History, Government
Two Lands, Unification, King Menes
Daily Life
Professions, Occupations & Jobs
Animals
Religion - Mummies, Gods, Goddesses, Myths and More
Meet the Many Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
Many Religious and Joyous Festivals
Canopic Jars (also spelled Canpic)
The Mummy's Curse and Other Curses
The Red Slippers - an Ancient Egyptian Cinderella story (retold by Lin Donn)
Isis and Osiris (retold by Lin Donn)
Games
Achievements
The Many Uses of Papyrus & Making Paper
Grain Banks, Barter, Metal Weights, Bread & Beer - Paying for Goods
Time Keeping and Shadow Clocks
Interactive Quiz Questions with Answers about Ancient Egypt by Topic
Five Themes of Ancient Egypt Geography
Ancient Egypt Arts & Architecture
Ancient Egypt Science & Inventions
Ancient Egypt for Teachers
Activities and Projects for Ancient Egypt
Lesson Plans and Units for Ancient Egypt
Videoclips, Cartoons, Documentaries about Ancient Egypt
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