ANCIENT EGYPTION MARRIAGE

WHAT WERE THE AGES TO BE MARRIED IN ANCIENT EGYPT?

• In ancient egypt the men had to be about 15 to 20 years old to be married.
• For the girls in ancient egypt they were about 15 or maybe even younger.
• The age difference in ancient egypt could not be more than 2 to 3 years apart.
• In ancient egypt it didn't matter what age you were to get married.
• The average ages for a girl to be married was 12 to 15 years old.

WHAT CAUSES AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE?

• The cause for an arranged marriage was either the girls parents or the mens choice.
• When a man sees a girl with a beautiful face that can cause an arranged marriage because they are attracted to her.
• The parents do not care about what the daughter thinks about getting married.
• Thats why they force her to do it even if she doesn't want to.
• She only does it to make her parents happy.

WHAT DID THE EGYPTIANS NEED FOR AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE?

• The men need a house to be married to a girl.
• They were not allowed to be married if they did not have a house and if they did not live alone.
• Having an arranged marrige was not complicated at all in ancient egypt.
• All they needed to do was make the guardian of the new wife sign a contract and the new couple would have to sign it also.

DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS HAVE A BIG CEREMONY FOR A WEDDING?

• No, they did not have a ceremony at all.
• For a marriage they considered that the girl packs her stuff and moves in with her new husband.
• They also had a very small gathering for a wedding.
• And after they signed the contract and the new wife moved in with her new husband and they had a small gathering thats what they considered a marrige.

HOW DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS HAVE A DIVORCE?

• Having a divorce in ancient egypt was super simple.
• All they had to do was sign another contract for a divorce.
• And the guardian of the ex wife would sign it and so would the no longer couple.
• And if the couple had kids then the children or the child would go with the mother.
• Because in ancient egypt the kids or kid always belonged to their mother.

AND THAT WAS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MARRIGE THANK YOU!