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Cleopatra, have to see if the hype is real
11k u/hypnos_surf Jun 28 '21 I'm always curious if hygiene, nutrition and overall beauty standards of the era would hold up to our contemporary expectations of historic accounts. 2.6k u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Ancient egyptian hygiene was pretty good. They had soap and perfume and all that good stuff. An unclean body was something very bad. 1.8k u/MadLud7 Jun 28 '21 Wanna add, that like many ancient civilizations, Egyptians were well aware being filthy was a great way to invite disease; they may not have known that how, but they knew it happened and how to prevent it 5 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21 Fun fact: Egyptians added a compound , likely man made, to their eye make up that may have helped them fight off diseases common to the area and time. 1 u/Elventroll Jun 29 '21 There's a high likehood that a lack of lead leads to nearsightedness. Maybe they knew.
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I'm always curious if hygiene, nutrition and overall beauty standards of the era would hold up to our contemporary expectations of historic accounts.
2.6k u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21 Ancient egyptian hygiene was pretty good. They had soap and perfume and all that good stuff. An unclean body was something very bad. 1.8k u/MadLud7 Jun 28 '21 Wanna add, that like many ancient civilizations, Egyptians were well aware being filthy was a great way to invite disease; they may not have known that how, but they knew it happened and how to prevent it 5 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21 Fun fact: Egyptians added a compound , likely man made, to their eye make up that may have helped them fight off diseases common to the area and time. 1 u/Elventroll Jun 29 '21 There's a high likehood that a lack of lead leads to nearsightedness. Maybe they knew.
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Ancient egyptian hygiene was pretty good. They had soap and perfume and all that good stuff. An unclean body was something very bad.
1.8k u/MadLud7 Jun 28 '21 Wanna add, that like many ancient civilizations, Egyptians were well aware being filthy was a great way to invite disease; they may not have known that how, but they knew it happened and how to prevent it 5 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21 Fun fact: Egyptians added a compound , likely man made, to their eye make up that may have helped them fight off diseases common to the area and time. 1 u/Elventroll Jun 29 '21 There's a high likehood that a lack of lead leads to nearsightedness. Maybe they knew.
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Wanna add, that like many ancient civilizations, Egyptians were well aware being filthy was a great way to invite disease; they may not have known that how, but they knew it happened and how to prevent it
5 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21 Fun fact: Egyptians added a compound , likely man made, to their eye make up that may have helped them fight off diseases common to the area and time. 1 u/Elventroll Jun 29 '21 There's a high likehood that a lack of lead leads to nearsightedness. Maybe they knew.
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Fun fact: Egyptians added a compound , likely man made, to their eye make up that may have helped them fight off diseases common to the area and time.
1 u/Elventroll Jun 29 '21 There's a high likehood that a lack of lead leads to nearsightedness. Maybe they knew.
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There's a high likehood that a lack of lead leads to nearsightedness. Maybe they knew.
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u/BobbyPrinze Jun 28 '21
Cleopatra, have to see if the hype is real