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Evidence of alcoholic beverages has also been found dating from 5400 to 5000 BC in Hajji Firuz Tepe in Iran, [10] 3150 BC in ancient Egypt, [11] 3000 BC in Babylon, [12] 2000 BC in pre-Hispanic Mexico [12] and 1500 BC in Sudan. [13] According to Guinness, the earliest firm evidence of wine production dates back to 6000 BC in Georgia. [10] [14]
Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion , which emerged sometime in prehistory .
The following are images from various ancient Egypt-related articles on Wikipedia. Image 1 Stela of the Second Dynasty Pharaoh Nebra , displaying the hieroglyph for his Horus name within a serekh surmounted by Horus .
In ancient Egypt, cats were represented in social and religious scenes dating as early as 1980 BC. [2] Several ancient Egyptian deities were depicted and sculptured with cat-like heads such as Mafdet, Bastet and Sekhmet, representing justice, fertility, and power, respectively. [3] The deity Mut was also depicted as a cat and in the company of ...
Ochre pigment. Ochre (/ ˈ oʊ k ər / OH-kər; from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós) 'pale'), iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. [1]
The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BC) from Ancient Egypt describes medical cannabis. [9] Other ancient Egyptian papyri that mention medical cannabis are the Ramesseum III Papyrus (1700 BC), the Berlin Papyrus (1300 BC) and the Chester Beatty Medical Papyrus VI (1300 BC). [ 10 ]
Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. It was a conservative tradition whose ...
Until the 19th century, the main sources of information about ancient Egyptian medicine were writings from later in antiquity. The Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt around 440 BC and wrote extensively of his observations of their medicinal practice. [4] Pliny the Elder also wrote favorably of them in historical review.