Egypt Science
When we hear about ancient Egypt,
what comes to mind? Pyramids, pharaohs and sometimes cats, but all this is superficial compared to what the ancient Egyptian civilization represents.
In fact, the excitement is much deeper, and for the information provided by television screens, they are far from the truth. Here I will present some shocking and shocking facts at once about ancient Egyptian civilization.
1. The slaves were fat with honey, so as not to disturb the flies of the Pharaohs.
2. Both women and men wore make-up, the other color (copper) or black (lead), as they believed that makeup had healing properties. Although the Egyptians used makeup as a suntan.
3. Children did not wear clothes until they reached adolescence
4. The Pharaohs never showed their hair as they were wearing a cover called "nimsh" (head cover). While the rich men of Egypt were wearing wigs, while the poor were singled out or tied in the form of a tail.
5. They shaved the heads of the boys and stayed on a long tail of it, believing that in this way they were protecting themselves from lice.
6. The Egyptians believed that the earth was flat and spherical, and that the Nile was extending through the center of the earth.
7. Although women enjoyed equal legal and economic equality with men, they were not socially equal.
what comes to mind? Pyramids, pharaohs and sometimes cats, but all this is superficial compared to what the ancient Egyptian civilization represents.
In fact, the excitement is much deeper, and for the information provided by television screens, they are far from the truth. Here I will present some shocking and shocking facts at once about ancient Egyptian civilization.
1. The slaves were fat with honey, so as not to disturb the flies of the Pharaohs.
2. Both women and men wore make-up, the other color (copper) or black (lead), as they believed that makeup had healing properties. Although the Egyptians used makeup as a suntan.
3. Children did not wear clothes until they reached adolescence
4. The Pharaohs never showed their hair as they were wearing a cover called "nimsh" (head cover). While the rich men of Egypt were wearing wigs, while the poor were singled out or tied in the form of a tail.
5. They shaved the heads of the boys and stayed on a long tail of it, believing that in this way they were protecting themselves from lice.
6. The Egyptians believed that the earth was flat and spherical, and that the Nile was extending through the center of the earth.
7. Although women enjoyed equal legal and economic equality with men, they were not socially equal.
8. The writings discovered in the excavation site have shown that some pyramid builders have called themselves "the friends of Khufu".
9. During embalming, the brain was pulled across the nose with special forceps, while the rest of the organs were placed in special boxes, while one member left the heart, because of their belief that the heart contains the soul.
10. During excavations, latrines were found in several tombs.
11. The oldest dress was found in Egypt, and was about 5000 years old.
12. Contrary to the widely known fact, the pyramids were not built by the slaves, but by paid workers, where this misjudgment of the Greek historian Herodotus was published. Interestingly, the pay was a beer drink, specifically a gallon of beer for a working day.
13. The ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows at the death of cats, referring to grief over the death of the pet.
14. The ancient Egyptians slept on stone cushions.
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