EGYPTIAN FURNITURE

In ancient Eygpt, houses were sparsley furnished. Most of the Egyptians did not have a lot of belongings that needed to be hidden, so a couple of chests and a few baskets would be used as plenty of storage space and tables were rarely used. Scribes were not written on tables, but instad squatted on the floor while holding a wooden board on which papyrus was sread with a hand and written on with the other. Kitchen work with utensils was also done crouching on the floor while having things laid out. Most houses also had low stools but many just simply sat on the ground. While the rich slept on beds, the poor made mattresses with straw and wool as stuffing, or they slept on a mat, or even on the plain floor.

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