These are various musical instruments—rattles and whistles made from shells. Artistic works also testify to the existence of music in Egypt: bas reliefs on the walls of tombs and paintings depict singers and musicians. Music was an indispensable part of all mass festivities and religious rituals ...
After we got back from Ancient Egypt, a lot you asked if we could travel to the ancient Roman Empire next. Well, you've asked, and we've delivered! So, just how hard would it have been for you to survive during the Roman Empire? Well, that depends a lot on exactly when you were...
The Egyptian civilization was born on the banks of the Nile River around 3150 BCE, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified under the first Pharaoh. The civilization prospered for the next three millennia till it ceased to exist around 31 BCE, when it was conquered by the powerful Roman empir...
from Babylon and Egypt. At the time, it was very popular, and it was thought to be compatible with religion because the stars foretold the future, and that that future was the gods’ will. At first, even Christians and Jews accepted astrology and the predictability of the planets and ...
other ancient civilizations, egypt was established along a rich body of water. the nile river is the longest in the world. it is located in northeast africa and flows through several countries until it connects with the mediterranean sea . during ancient times, egypt was divided into two ...
of germs, but because they valued cleanliness. The mortality rate following medical procedures in ancient Egypt was probably less than that of any European hospital in the Christian era until the mid-20th century CE when personal cleanliness and the sterilization of instruments became common practice...
The present study was aimed to through light on the status of veterinary surgery and gynecology in the ancient Egypt. Data come from the medical papyri of the ancient Egyptians, tomb scenes and other finds related to the subject. The reviewed and discussed sources include papyrus of Kahun, ...
Another intriguing example of the benefits of the coming together of different cultures is the report we have from the Greek Athenaeus of Naucratis who worked in Egypt around the 3rd century AD, during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He tells us that in the 6th century BC the ancient ...
Angkor is one of the gems of the ancient world, well worth a place near the top of everyone’s list of places to visit. I have tramped through Egypt, China, the British Isles, Italy, and most of the major Mayan cities and this is equal to any of them as a single concentration of...
is a medical text on surgery from ancient Egypt written around 1600 BC. It shows that the Egyptians invented medical surgery, predating the Hippocratic Oath by a thousand years. It describes surgical cases of head, neck, and chest injuries and includes a list of instruments used during surgery...