Get ready for some more fun facts about ancient Egypt.
Pharaohs were quite mysterious. They would never let their hair be seen anyone.
Both men and women in ancient Egypt wore make up. It was said to be a protectant from the sun.
This would be very socially unacceptable in our culture today. However, in ancient Egypt, children did not wear clothes until they became teenagers.
Ancient Egyptians believe that the earth was flat and round. Kind of like a disk. The pharaoh Ramses had eight wives over a hundred cocky binds hundreds of children and all that sex must have done him some good because he died at over 90 years of age.
Ancient Egyptians we’re very advanced in the medical world. They could set broken bones, do surgeries and they even develop anesthesia.
Next time you sit on the pot, remember you have the Ancient Egyptians to thank. They invented the toilet sit.
Ancient Egyptians believe that if you got bitten by a snake and you died from that bite it would bring you immortality. Some Egyptians would commit suicide by letting snakes bite them.
Rogaine, not working for you? The ancient Egyptians would use the fat from crocodile, hippo, lion, snake, goose and—to treat bulbous.
Grave robbers didn’t always just go for the jewels in the tombs. Sometimes they went for the mummies. Many people believe that if you ground up mummies and drink it in a potion, that it had medicinal qualities.
Egypt established monotheism. In fact Pharaoh Akhenaten was the first to establish the official monotheistic religious state.
Long before Egypt became an empire, primitive men lived along the Nile. There agriculture became established by 6000 B.C.
The flute, the oboe and the trumpet were used in Ancient Egypt.
So who says you can’t bring your maid with you into the next life? Many ancient Egyptians would have their servants killed and buried with them.
The oldest recorded death sentence was actually a suicide sentence. A teen age male was convicted of magic and he was ordered to kill himself either by poison or by stabbing himself.
You’re probably familiar with the ancient Egyptian way of writing called hieroglyphics. However, hieroglyphics were only used for ritualistic purposes as well as official purposes. They had two other forms of writing which they use for everyday use.
Not only were the ancient Egyptians very good at preserving bodies but they are also very good at curing and preserving meat. They use the lot of same substances, use a mummification for preserving the meat.
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