The 10 most creepy facts of ancient Egypt
10 most creepy facts of ancient Egypt
10. Mysterious numbersThe ancient Egyptians were the undisputed world mathematics champion, and we are still puzzled by their mathematical genius.
Every year on October 22 and February 22, in the temples of Abu Simbel, the sun shines on the faces of Ramses II and the gods Amon and Ra, but it never shines next to them. God Ptah. The legend is that Ptah, the god of hell, must remain in darkness forever. Another interesting note is that the sun only shines on Ramses’ birthday and coronation date (on October 22 and February 22, respectively)
9. Weird Pharaoh
Pharaoh Pepe ruled the ancient Egypt for 94 years and was the longest ruling monarch in human history.
He likes to soak his servants with honey and attract flies to them, saying this is a way to deal with pests. He not only likes flies to eat flies, he also uses it to control flight and birth control.
8. Creepy hygiene
The ancient Egyptians hated their hair very much. Both men and women shaved their hair and prefer baldness. In a society obsessed with cleanliness and hygiene, hair seems to be dignified and disturbing. For the ancient Egyptians, the answer was simple-shave it off, but they had no problem wearing a wig.
7. Weird workers
In ancient Egypt, if you were born with dwarfism, you can rest assured that you certainly don’t have to worry about unemployment. They are usually hired for safety-sensitive work because of small people, such as gold workers. Not only small people, other giants or people with obvious unusual physical characteristics will be considered the best candidates for gold workers. The idea behind it? If a worker sneaks into the gold bag, they are easily spotted by the crowd and arrested.
6. Terrible family planning
The ancient Egyptians were the first society we knew to create birth control. But wait, this birth control is not in the form of pills or moving knives. It uses crocodiles! In order to avoid pregnancy, the ancient Egyptians mixed mud, honey and crocodile dung, and then inserted the mixture into the female body before the evening celebration, because the acidity of crocodile dung was called an effective spermicide.
5. Strange weighing
When it comes to crocodiles, one naturally thinks of Ammut, the most creepy crocodile head god in ancient Egypt. Ammut can appear magically at any time, and will eat you if you do something bad, and will call your heart when you die. If your heart is very light, you enter the afterlife; if it is very heavy, you will always enter Ammut's belly and never be born.
4. Terrible science
The shape, location and actual purpose of the Great Pyramid have a lot of mystery. Although it has long been considered the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu, some archaeologists believe that the Great Pyramid is not a tomb at all, but an astrology, whether it is the gateway to an exotic world. Although this statement is not verifiable, there is scientific support for the theory that the three pyramids are perfectly aligned with the belt of Orion.
3. Terrible temperature
The temperature inside the Great Pyramid of Giza is constant at 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature in the Egyptian desert environment is as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature inside the Great Pyramid also reflects the 68-degree internal temperature of the earth. Is this a coincidence? Or could the ancient Egyptians determine the internal temperature of the earth and somehow reconstruct an artificial environment with the same temperature? This once again confirmed the crazy and accurate mathematics of the ancient Egyptians.
2. Confusing proportions
One of the strangest mathematical mysteries: the specific location of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It seems to be randomly located in the desert, but recent data shows us that the Great Pyramid is actually located in the terrestrial geographic center of the earth.
In other words, if you have a projected Mercator map of the world and determine the middle of the land (east-west parallel and north-south longitude), you can also mark the location of the Great Pyramid. Now, the ancient Egyptians could not obtain such maps. It is doubtful how much they knew about the world, which made the location of the Great Pyramid even more strange.
1. Creepy cats
In ancient Egypt, cats were the most sacred of all animals. When a cat dies, every member of the mourning family will shave their eyebrows in sorrow. If someone kills a cat, they will be thrown into a poisonous snake pit.
After death, the cat was mummified and buried in the cat's graveyard, and there was a bowl of milk next to it to prevent them from being thirsty in the afterlife.
As you can imagine, the cat mummy business is booming! In 1888, a farmer discovered 80,000 cat mummy in a large tomb. Imagine that person, who smiles awkwardly?
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