Cool But Unusual Facts
- The Pyramids were not built by slaves
- Everyone thought that the pyramids were built by skinny slaves with a Egyptian behind him with a wipe in his hand and wiping him if he did not work, but that's not what really happened. The pyramids were built by"private contractors" that were skilled with there hands. It also seems that they took pride in the things they accomplished because they're is graffiti and the wall that are names of people.
- Egyptian pharaohs were overweight
- If you think about it the pharaohs were rich and powerful so there diet was mostly wine,beer,honey, meat and other things that have high sugar... so most of the pharaohs were really fat and most of them had diabetes
- Egyptian women had equal rights with men
- In the Egyptian culture women even tho looked down by men had equal rights as them. They were allowed to divorce a marriage, buy and sell property, serve on there "juries" and work in the legal system.
- Egyptians treated infections were treated with moldy bread
- Some of the medical aspects of the Egyptians is that each physician was able to treat only 1 illness or only specialized in 1 illness
- Egyptians kept House Hold Pets
- The Egyptians thought that some animals were reincarnated Gods. But they really like the cat because it represented Bastet, but they also loved hawks, ibises, dogs, lions and baboons
- Egyptian "police" used animals
- Egyptian "police officers" often used trained dogs and sometimes trained monkeys when on patrol