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Give me back that hair pendant with the fish design on it – it´s mine!
No way, Ahhotep! Not until you tell me where you hid my favourite scarab beetle cuff!
Judging by evidence from the time, it seems Egyptian kids from thousands of years ago were pretty much the same as you are today.
In the Tomb of Menna, images show two girls in a cornfield who are having a proper row and trying to pull each other’s hair. It’s entirely possible they were sisters!
OUCH!
Mind you, below this image, another picture suggests some children were less naughty. In it one girl sits back, stretching out her bare foot while another gently examines it, perhaps trying to pull out a thorn.
Clearly they were not related. 13
Family life
