Fun Facts about egypt
.1. The Egyptians toilets are made from a stool with a hole in the middle
2. Egyptians shave there heads and wear wigs.
3. Egypt was named Kibet before it was named Egypt
4. A Pharaoh never let his hair be seen - he would always were a crown or a headdress called a nemes (the striped cloth headdress made famous by Tutankhamen's golden mask.( Picture of the Pharaoh shown underneath).
2. Egyptians shave there heads and wear wigs.
3. Egypt was named Kibet before it was named Egypt
4. A Pharaoh never let his hair be seen - he would always were a crown or a headdress called a nemes (the striped cloth headdress made famous by Tutankhamen's golden mask.( Picture of the Pharaoh shown underneath).
5. Both Egyptian man and women wore makeup - eyepaint was usually green (made from copper) or black (made from lead). The Egyptians believed that the makeup had healing power. Originally the makeup was used as a protection from the sun - rather than for adornment.
6. While the use of antibiotics did not begin in the 20th century, early folk medicine include the use of mouldy foods or soil for infections. In ancient Egypt, for example, infections were treated with mouldy bread.
7. Egyptian children wore no clothing at all until they were in there teens. The temperature in Egypt made it unnecessary. Adult men wore skirts while women wore dresses.
8.It is not known who destroyed the nose of the Sphinx (pictured underneath). There are sketches of the Sphinx without a nose in 1737, over 60 years before Napoleon reached Egypt and hundreds of years before the British and German armies of the two World Wars. The only person known to have damaged it was an Islamic Cleric, Sa'im al-dahr, who was lynched in 1378 for vandalism.
6. While the use of antibiotics did not begin in the 20th century, early folk medicine include the use of mouldy foods or soil for infections. In ancient Egypt, for example, infections were treated with mouldy bread.
7. Egyptian children wore no clothing at all until they were in there teens. The temperature in Egypt made it unnecessary. Adult men wore skirts while women wore dresses.
8.It is not known who destroyed the nose of the Sphinx (pictured underneath). There are sketches of the Sphinx without a nose in 1737, over 60 years before Napoleon reached Egypt and hundreds of years before the British and German armies of the two World Wars. The only person known to have damaged it was an Islamic Cleric, Sa'im al-dahr, who was lynched in 1378 for vandalism.
9. Ancient Egypt always writes in hieroglyphics. (pictured underneath).
10. Ancient Egypt made the first government.
11. The ancient Egyptian crown template has three layers, Blue, White and Red. (pictured underneath)
12. The bread Egyptian ate was so rough that it caused their teeth to wear away.
13. Most people bathed daily, often in the Nile River.
14. The inside of houses was often painted with scenes from nature or colorful patterns.
11. The ancient Egyptian crown template has three layers, Blue, White and Red. (pictured underneath)
12. The bread Egyptian ate was so rough that it caused their teeth to wear away.
13. Most people bathed daily, often in the Nile River.
14. The inside of houses was often painted with scenes from nature or colorful patterns.