Egypt’s history is rich and diverse. Ancient Egyptians built a civilization that still astonishes the entire world– even after 7000 years. There is a lot more to ancient Egyptians than just building the pyramids and the Sphinx; they progressed in medicine and several other scientific fields. The origins of many Egyptian festivals today originally dates back to ancient Egyptians including Sham el-Nessim. However, they also had traditions that are not used today, but still prove that they relate to the modern world and that they knew things about anatomy and life more than we thought. Baby Gender Test Ancient Egyptians were the first to detect the sex of unborn babies. Women used to urinate on wheat and barley seeds. If it barely grew, then the baby was a boy and if the wheat grew, then the baby was a girl. This test was believed to be highly accurate. Mummification The idea of mummification first emerged in ancient Egypt. They believed in the afterlife and that souls would search for their bodies so they had to make the bodies recognizable for the souls to possess them back. The artificial preservation was a lengthy process that…
