idk about ancient egypt but I've read some articles about one of the main house duties of women in the middle ages was brewing beer for the family. They'd have

idk about ancient egypt but I've read some articles about one of the main house duties of women in the middle ages was brewing beer for the family. They'd have a vat in the house for the purpose and it wasn't always just a single-family home just like today. Today we assume a lot of centralization (the brewery 'factory') but IRL it was very local.