Name: 古埃及｜日常生活是怎樣的？ (Ancient Egypt | What Everyday Life Was Actually Like)
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Regardless of how many dusty mummies you've

watched Brendan Frazier blast apart with a shotgun, odds are

you have no idea what ancient Egypt was really like.

that everyday life in the time of the pharaohs

Today, we're exploring what everyday life

Education and medicine were remarkably sophisticated,

in other societies for centuries to come.

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In addition to being the primary source of water

the Nile River was basically the interstate in ancient Egypt.

Both the lower and upper class alike traveled along it

It was also used to transport the heavy stone blocks used

to build the pyramids, and to ferry the bodies of dead nobles

But rather than having to keep an eye on their speed

and watch for state troopers, the Egyptians

had to constantly be on guard against hippo and crocodile

The Pharaoh Menes was killed by a hippo while traveling

that a hippo may have maimed King Tut in a similar attack,

Beer making was first recorded 18,000 years ago

Like my uncle Gilbert, Egyptians loved beer.

is why both children and adults drank it,

like the stuff you order by the glass at the local pub.

without getting into a drunken fistfight with a hippo.

dentistry, gynecology, surgery, and even autopsy.

Although, maybe that last one isn't too surprising to anyone.

Medical procedures were a mix between medical treatment

Health care was apparently available to everyone,

And hygiene was a big deal in ancient Egypt,

because the Egyptians had realized that walking around

with a three inch layer of sweat ripened filth clinging

to your skin was a Petri dish for disease.

using soap made from salt and animal and vegetable oils,

and it was commonplace for both men and women

to completely shave off all their body hair, even

may have even created the first deodorant

Despite the undeniable anatomical knowledge

hadn't figured out everything about the human body.

They believed that the mind was located in the heart, or ibb,

The heart was also thought to be the seat of intense emotions

like love, sadness, and bravery, a belief

As for the brain, the ancient Egyptians clearly

didn't think much of it, because it was simply

thrown in the trash during the mummification process.

Maybe they thought it was just skull filling.

was split between two courts, the Kenbet and the Great

The lower Kenbet basically dealt with misdemeanors,

while the Great Kenbet was reserved for serious crimes

Typically the pharaoh's vizier ruled over each case,

with ultimate judgment coming from the pharaoh himself.

the courts would defer to the wills of the oracles.

Or, since the oracles never bothered to show up,

and the defense teams would write out their arguments

Whichever direction the statues appeared to lean more towards

was declared the winner, and the defendant

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