Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2007
The pursuit of longevity may seem to be a modern obsession, but did you know that the ancient Egyptians may have been the first civilisation to pursue the secrets of looking young?
Cosmetics were often applied to the face and eyes in an attempt to look young. Even Cleopatra is known to have used lactic acid […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2007
The organs were placed into 4 canopic jars which had lids fashioned after the four sons of Horus.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2007
The modern word of paper is derived from the ancient Egyptian term of ‘papyrus’ which was arguably one of the most important inventions of the time.
The word papyrus means something along the lines of ‘a thing that belongs to the house’ which experts have interpreted as meaning it was a fundamental part of the bureaucracy […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2007
Carved in 196 BC, the Rosetta Stone was the key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian language.
It was discovered by soldiers in Napoleon’s army in 1799 whilst they were digging fortifications at el-Rashid (Rosetta), in Lower Egypt. On the 15th July of that year Captain Pierre Bouchard was supervising the engineering works of a new fort […]