Set Maat
by R. Comelius
Along the shores of the Nile, across from the present-day city
of Luxor, rests the ruins of an ancient Egyptian town known as
Set Maat. The workers that lived in Set Maar built the Valley of
the Kings. They constructed over 25 tombs for Egyptian nobles
over the course of 500 years. When archaeologists first
discovered these runs, they found a great treasure. They
uncovered tens of thousands of scrolls that contain information
about daily life. The writings paint a detailed portrat that shows
daily life in ancient Egypt to be surprisingly quaint and free
The laborers who lived in Set Maar were middle class. They
enjoyed good salaries, time off from work, and the freedom to
raise families and conduct themselves as they saw ft. A police
force known as the Medjai patrolled the streets and kept order,
but the workers could come and go as they pleased. They could
look for work in a different town, worship treely, own property.
and inhert property from their parents. Most were terate, as
seen by the vast amount of personal comespondence in the
discovered writings Women shopped in markets for cloth
vegetables, fruits, furniture, and many other koxury tems in
addition, the Kingdom of Egypt saw to the people's medical
needs, daily bread, and the education of their children. They
were not the slaves that past scholars believed them to be
Some of the scrolls even explain that workers went on strike
when they were unhappy
Archaeologists also discovered that the women of Set Maat
had remarkable breedoms given that period in history Ancient
Egyptian men treated women fairty Adultery was a crime.
Women were educated to read and write and to manage
accounts. They could speak their minds in public, own land and
businesses and many did so Egyptian law harshly punished
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Select the correct answer
Which sentence from the passage offers support for the thesis, "The writings paint a detailed portrat that shows daily life in ancient
Egypt to be surprisingly quaint and free"?
OA
"Some tell tales of romances and love stories, and others explain morality and justice.
OB. "They uncovered tens of thousands of scrolls that contain information about daily life"
Oc. Some of the scrolls even explain that workers went on strike when they were unhappy"
They constructed over 25 tombs for Egyptian nobles over the course of 500 years."
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