Boating and Fishing:

Sport-related activities like fishing and boating were enjoyed. Several pictures display fishing in an Egyptian Recreation context. This evidence suggests that Egyptians were the first to fish for pleasure. Although fishing was a means of living for some, it was a pastime as well.

Many different fishing artifacts such as rods and various types of hooks have been unearthed to show the versatility of their equipment. Fishing for survival was traditionally carried out with a net or spear, while the angler used a rod and line. People of some wealth also went fishing, but often only in the pond at their villa, while enjoying a few glasses of beer or wine.

Boating was another leisure activity of the Egyptians. Both children and adults went trips in flat-bottomed papyrus boats along the Nile or in the marshes. The entire household, including the pets, would go an outing and it was customary to take a picnic.

Dance and Music:

Another of the Egyptian nobility’s favorite forms of Egyptian Recreation was entertaining, which took the form of giving or attending magnificent banquets. While servants distributed food, flowers, and perfumes, the hosts and their guests listened to singers and musicians. They ate and drank to their hearts’ content while entranced by the swaying movements of beautiful dancers.

Unfortunately, not many lyrics of songs dating from Ancient Egypt have been found, except for a few texts of love songs dating from the Ramesside period. The Egyptians generally associated music and dance with the joys of love. The instruments used were the flute and a sort of whistle, the guitar, the harp, and lyre, the last two having sometimes nearly twenty strings. Assistants beat time by handclapping.

There were many religious festivals in Ancient Egypt. They were not only sacred in character but also closely linked to the rhythm of the seasons under the benevolent eye of the gods. Dances and feasts accompanied these celebrations, which sometimes continued for several weeks.