Where does palm oil come from? Africa
Palm trees Palm trees first began to grow in
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When did people start to eat honey?
Early history of honey: A chimpanzee smashing a beehive to get honey When did bees start to make honey? Bees first began to make honey about 200 million years ago, [...]
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War and battle in ancient Egypt
Victims of civil war in ancient Egypt. They're bound with ropes and have their heads cut off and placed between their legs. (from the Narmer palette, about 3000 BC) Civil [...]
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What is schistosomiasis? Ancient Egypt
Fishing in the swamps on the edges of the Nile River from the tomb of the astronomer Nakht Sixth Dynasty (New Kingdom, ca. 1400 BC) Because pretty much all the [...]
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Numbers in ancient Egypt
How to write 103,367 in Egyptian numbers How to write Egyptian numbers By about 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians had ways to write down numbers. They made one vertical line [...]
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Doctors and medicine in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian medicine: Egyptian boys being circumcised, from the tomb of the Vizier Ankhmahor and his wife Mereruka Sixth Dynasty (Old Kingdom, ca. 2300 BC) Best doctors in the Western [...]
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Ancient Egyptian science – Pyramids and papyrus
Ancient Egyptian science: Nilometer on Elephantine Island (Nile Valley Tours) Scientists in ancient Egypt Egypt was the richest part of Africa. So Egyptians could afford to educate a lot of [...]
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Weighing souls in ancient Egypt
Anubis weighing the souls of the dead The Egyptians were among the first people to believe that if you were good during your life, you would have a good time [...]
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Who was the Egyptian god Thoth?
The Egyptian god Thoth (Old Kingdom tomb) What was Thoth the god of? Thoth was the Egyptian god of the mind - of intelligence, thinking, reason, and logic. He was [...]
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Egyptian god Set- Religion in Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian god Set (Oriental Institute Museum) New Kingdom, ca. 1500 BC) The Egyptian god Set was the brother of Isis and Osiris, and like them he was the son [...]
