Posted on 10/27/2016 11:23:39 AM PDT by EveningStar
Well, women used crocodile dung as a spermicide, and the men abused dead female corpses. Guess the gay necrophilia thing wasn't worth mentioning, or thought of at that time.
Years ago, I went to a visiting Egyptian exhibit at Boston's MFA. The grain products of that era were so full of sand, that it caused noticeable tooth wear.
Some bizarre but a few, really are disgusting.
So... Africa was the same back then as it is now. Moving on.
Number 3: “Shepherds of the Anus”
The mind boggles - perhaps a new upscale name for homosexuals.
The ancient Egyptians considered childbirth as a miracle. they did not know where babies came from (well, from the vagina, yes, but on a global level).
Anyway the homes of the poor often times had an open parlor in the front where the woman gave birth, so that any Tom Dick or Harry was welcome to come by and take a look during the process.
Today that would violate Hipaa!
Interesting. The sorcerers of Pharaoh were able to reproduce the plagues that Moses called down upon them, UNTIL it came to lice! Then things changed.
As Professor Brier said, “Everyone can do the old ‘turn your staff into a snake’ trick!”
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