Ancient Egypt is located on the African continent and is the most mysterious country. The pyramids and pharaoh mummies of ancient Egypt attract countless people, and every year, many tourists come to see the ancient Egyptian civilization. Recently, experts announced four major discoveries in ancient Egypt, which once again subverted everyone's cognition.
Four great discoveries of ancient Egypt
1. Honey corpses used for medicinal purposes
Honey has the effect of sterilization and disinfection, and the ancient Egyptians seem to be aware of the efficacy of honey, so the so-called "honey therapy" was produced at that time. In the eyes of the ancient Egyptians, honey can cure all diseases, but direct consumption of honey can not achieve the desired effect, so they invented an alternative honey.
The ancient Egyptians would fill large pools with honey and push healthy people into the pools until they died. In addition, the body needs to be soaked for many years to achieve the desired effect, so the ancient Egyptians would calculate the time the body was soaked, and when the time was enough, they would fish out the body and put it in an airtight coffin.
When someone gets sick, the doctor removes a piece of meat from the honey corpse and gives it to the patient. Honey carcasses are rumored to have many effects, including cough suppressants. Nowadays, although we drink honey water or eat honey directly, most people cannot accept honey corpses, which will cause psychological discomfort to everyone.
2. Rotten bread to treat wounds
Penicillin is by far the greatest discovery in medicine. The discovery of penicillin should be traced back to the 20th century, when British scientist Fleming accidentally found staphylococcus mildew when examining a petri dish. What's even more amazing is that the bacteria near the mold are all killed, and only a small percentage of staphylococci are still active. The discovery excited Fleming, who later filtered the moldy part and called it penicillin.
However, according to the history of ancient Egypt, it may be that the ancient Egyptians discovered the existence of penicillin long ago, but they failed to systematically integrate it into the scope of medicine. According to the survey, the ancient Egyptians would use bread that had become moldy to treat injured patients. Everyone should be clear that rotten bread contains penicillin, which has anti-inflammatory and other curative effects, which shows how advanced ancient Egyptian civilization is.
Because the culture of ancient Egypt was too advanced, this made everyone more and more curious about it. Some have even suggested that perhaps aliens had already visited ancient Egypt and taught them advanced technology and civilization.
3. Ancient toothpaste
Nowadays, toothpaste has become everyone's daily necessities, and there are many types of toothpaste on the market, including whitening toothpaste, anti-allergy toothpaste, hemostatic toothpaste, etc. When it comes to the history of toothpaste, it goes back more than 2,000 years. According to records, both the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans used toothpaste-like products, which had the effect of cleaning teeth.
In the 18th century, Britain launched its first industrial revolution, and since the improvement of technology, the country began to produce tooth powder in large quantities. Soon after, France developed a metal hose package, and toothpaste was officially born. But after investigating the ancient Egyptian culture, everyone found that toothpaste has long become a daily commodity of the ancient Egyptians.
Archaeologists have found a papyrus from ancient Egypt, and according to expert analysis, this papyrus records the recipe for toothpaste. According to the content of the recipe, the ingredients include rock salt, pepper, etc., and when making toothpaste, you only need to crush all the raw materials. The discovery turned everyone upside down, after all, it wasn't until the 18th century that toothpaste really entered everyone's life.
4. Mysterious eye surgery
More than 6,000 years ago, nobles from Europe especially admired ancient Egyptian medicine, and whenever nobles fell ill, they would go to ancient Egypt for treatment. At that time, the status of ancient Egyptian physicians was particularly exalted.
Compared to today, the level of medical care more than 6,000 years ago is not worth mentioning, when the people especially believed in martial arts, and the so-called medical technology was only the use of witchcraft. But while investigating ancient Egyptian culture, experts found a surprising mural. In this mural, doctors are treating the patient's eyes, in other words, perhaps an eye surgery.
The discovery shocked the world, although everyone knew that the ancient Egyptian civilization was particularly advanced, but no one expected that the ancient Egyptians could perform eye surgery. Even in today's advanced medical level, eye surgery is still a difficult operation, and according to the content of the mural, ancient Egyptian doctors seem to have long been accustomed to it.
summary
These are the four major discoveries of ancient Egypt, which were discovered by experts during archaeology. These findings confirm how technologically advanced ancient Egypt was, but they made it more difficult for experts to study ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt is the most mysterious country, and until now, experts have not been able to uncover its mysteries, including pyramids, mummies, etc., but one day in the future, experts will definitely uncover these secrets.