Egyptian scribes were high status men with the ability to write who performed administrative tasks. Pictured, a statue of a high-ranking scribe© Martin Frouz
Posted on 06/28/2024 11:38:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A study shows that repetitive tasks carried out by ancient Egyptian scribes – high status men with the ability to write who performed administrative tasks – and the positions they sat in while working may have led to degenerative skeletal changes.
Researchers in Prague, Czech Republic, examined the skeletal remains of 69 adults males, 30 of whom were scribes, who were buried in the necropolis at Abusir, Egypt...
They identified degenerative joint changes that were more common among scribes compared to men with other occupations.
These changes were in the joints connecting the lower jaw to the skull, the right collarbone and the top of the right humerus (where it meets the shoulder).
They were also at the first metacarpal bone in the right thumb, the bottom of the thigh (where it meets the knee), and throughout the spine, but particularly at the top.
Other skeletal features that were more common among scribes were an indentation on both kneecaps and a flattened surface on a bone in the lower part of the right ankle.
The authors suggest that the degenerative changes observed in the spines and shoulders of scribes could result from them sitting for prolonged periods in a cross-legged position with the head bent forwards, the spine flexed, and their arms unsupported...
Degeneration to the jaw joints could have resulted from scribes chewing the ends of rush stems to form brush-like heads they could write with, while degeneration to the right thumb could have been caused by repeatedly pinching their pens.
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Egyptian scribes were high status men with the ability to write who performed administrative tasks. Pictured, a statue of a high-ranking scribe© Martin Frouz
Thanks for the link!
*groan*
“Try Menes Miracle Back Pills! You will be pleased!”
Hieroglyph , ca, 1250BC
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Especially after a day of pushing those 6 ton pyramid stones.
“That remark was not an old pun”, she cracked.
Snort.
[they went to the Cairopractor]
Oh no you didn’t. Lol
Scribes had back pain, but the Egyptian engineers had trouble keeping their “obelisks” erect.
LOL!!
They used enslaved foreigners for that.
Later on, during the Ptolemaic dynasty, visiting ships enjoyed the music of Alexandria’s Ragtime Band.
Mummy went to the Cairopractor 😁
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