How To Become A Scribe In Ancient Egypt. A scribe recorded in writing the everyday life and extraordinary happenings in ancient egypt. For all other stations in life, the people would participate in apprenticeship situations.
In “in praise of learned scribes”, written in 1300 bce, and translated by john a. Once per month we will be able to record a short video for the nile scribes community on topics ranging from ancient egyptian history. Most scribes worked for the government.
They came from all classes of society.
Most of the children that went to school to learn to become a scribe were middle class, because it cost money for the school. When we reach $150 in monthly support, the nile scribes can begin to tackle our next goal: You had to be considered as gifted to be allowed to enter these schools. Girls were usually banned from becoming scribes, although exceptions existed.