WHERE DID THE PRIESTS LIVE?
Priests, unlike everyone else in the social hierarchy, did not live at home. Instead, they lived in the same temple they worked at, only in the living quarters. Aharon works and lives at an incredibly significant temple which happens to be one of the largest religious buildings ever made. This temple was known as Ipet-isu in the age of the Ancient Egyptians, but today it is known as Karnak temple. Many priests work here, as they do at every temple. Karnak temple is dedicated to Mut and Khonsu as well as Amun, and they each have a part dedicated to them. The temple is absolutely massive; just the part dedicated to Amun alone (the part Aharon works in) is large enough to hold an incredible average of 10 European cathedrals! The entire building is a mind-blowing 200 acres!
Information on the priest's living quarters is scarce, but we know that at Karnak the living quarters were located around a sacred lake which is located right next to the temple.
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TEMPLE INFORMATION
Ancient Egyptian temples were large buildings consisting of mostly stone. They were highly detailed and usually had many columns, courtyards and shrines. Unlike today's temples, the Ancient Egyptian temples were not only places of worship, but they were the dwelling places of the gods. The inner shrines were prohibited to everyone apart from the pharaohs and the priests, as these shrines were the places where sacrifices and offerings were made to keep the gods intent. During everyday rituals priests would perform, statues of gods were surrounded with burning incense to purify them whilst being fed and clothed. The only time when anyone else could get a glimpse of the sacred statues of the gods would be during the annual temple festival, when the statues were paraded around the entire city.