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Primitive, to say the least. A prison sentence however was at the time something you were very rarely convicted to. If as an ancient Egyptian you had committed a crime, you paid for it by physical punishment such as flogging or branding; or by being banished or put to death.

Another very common punishment, even in the case of serious crimes, was being convicted to pay a hefty fine to the person(s) - or their surviving relatives - who were the victim of your crime.

Prisons were in most cases only used to lock up a person until he was interrogated and convicted to one of the punishments mentioned above.

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