What was life like for an ancient Egyptian farmer?

In the modern age, we tend to romanticise agriculture. Well, so did the ancient Egyptian nobles who never toiled in the fields a day in their lives. What was it really like? Look out for a new Armchair Egyptology video every Friday. ----- ☥ - https://patreon.com/ArmchairEgypt to support and collaborate 𓏊 - https://ko-fi.com/ArmchairEgypt to make a one-off donation 𓂀 - https://discord.gg/A4JttaK943 to chat and hang out 𓀀 - https://twitter.com/Armchair_Egypt ​to get updates and... memes? ----- Thanks to my backers on Patreon: PHARAOHS Edmund Kyberd and Jo OVERSEER RoninX777 NOMARCHS Richard Hawkes and Steph ARCHITECTS Ken Poyner, Michael Bowman, photosynthetic and Thinkcork SCRIBES Carly G, ITU Trash Crew, Louis, and Pete ----- Title card design by Lazy Hunny Bee https://twitter.com/LazyHunnyBee Character design by Praxis Descends https://twitter.com/PraxisDescends Intro theme & backing music by Sassyy Dragon https://soundcloud.com/SassyyDragon https://twitch.tv/SassyyDragon Writing by Lucas Justinian (me) Freelance enquiries justinianfreelance@gmail.com ----- All materials herein remain property of their respective owners. Material included is either with permission, by Creative Commons licence, is in the public domain, or falls under fair use. If you think you have copyright on anything used in this video and the above doesn't apply to your work, get in touch by email or DM me on Twitter. We are not a thief, and will only use something if we can prove it's justified.