Egyptian Inventions and Innovations
Egyptian
Inventions and Innovations
Bowling:-
A new
bowling alley has opened for public use, just outside of Narmoutheos.
This new sport is a joy for the whole family, and
kids especially love it! The rules are as follows: you aim for a hole
at the end of you lane, and roll heavy stone balls of various sizes
down the lane in hopes of getting your ball in the hole. The lanes are
about 13 feet long and 8 inches wide, so anyone can play..
Sickle:-
The sickle, or curved blade used for cutting,
has aided Egyptian farmers immensely. Harvesting grain,
including wheat and barley, is a strenuous process that uses a lot of handy
work. The sickle improves the harvesting process and makes picking
wheat much easier. This is especially helpful in Egypt as the Nile River
has proved to be a valuable asset, providing yearly floods and rich fertile
soil for producing crops. Other farming tools include wooden hoes,
which are used to dig pits, as well as dikes, which are large walls of mud to
keep water flow contained.
Door
locks :- Have you
ever worried about who may sneak into your house at night? Thanks to the Egyptians ,
locked doors are now a valuable luxury. The newest door
locks contain a hollowed-out bolt connected to an intricate system of
pins. When the correct key is inserted, the pins rise, and the door
opens. You will never again have to worry about being robbed or
murdered. Door locks do have their drawbacks as the average
size per door lock is actually 2 feet. These new locks are sure to keep your
house secure, and are said to be even more protective than the locks developed
by the Romans, which use a simple spring design and are fairly easy to pick.
Shaving and Cutting Hair:- The Egyptians are one of the
first societies to be concerned about hair,
and they consider hair extremely insanitary. For this
reason, they cut their hair and shaved their entire bodies regularly. The
Egyptians have created the first shaving implements, including a set of
sharp stone blades with wooden handles. There is also now
the Barbering profession, though only the wealthy can afford to use a
barber. Although the Egyptians dislike hair greatly, they have
a fascination for fake beards, with various shapes that depict their social
class.
Makeup and Paint:- Both male and female Egyptians are known to be
highly hygienic and they place great importance on the way
they look. They wear unique and elaborate eye makeup and oils
that soften their skin and prevent sun damage. The more color
worn by an Egyptian, the higher their social ranking. Statues of gods and
goddesses also wear makeup. Egyptians create makeup, paint, and dye by combining
soot with minerals to create colored pastes. Egyptians wear makeup
for cosmetic, medical, religious and traditional reasons.
Construction Tools:- The
Egyptians are the first builders and well-known for their
construction skills; they are recognized for building some
of world’s most magnificent structures including the great
pyramids and the Sphinx. They create extravagant pyramids and temples
using the simplest tools, including picks, drills, chisels, hammers,
pounder stones, ramps, and saws. These tools were made of copper,
bronze, and basalt, which are made by metal workers all across Egypt.
Boats and Sails:- The first boats that the Egyptians developed
were rafts, made from stalks of papyrus that were tied together. They are used on the Nile for trading and
transportation. These boats are also
used for fishing and pleasure. Papyrus
is used because of the scarcity of wood and the ease of construction. Newly invented sails catch the wind and move
boats at a much quicker pace, and the boats have started to be made from
wood. This aids with the transportation
of heavy freight and provisioning for war.
Fishing Tools:- Hunting
and breeding animals has become difficult, for the Egyptians. Aside from
staples and vegetables, the poor can no longer afford meat. Fish is cheap and plentiful, and fishermen
use tools such as nets, traps, spears, and harpoons to catch different species
of fish in the Nile River. Hooks are also made from cheap metal and bones. Fisherman catch different species of fish in
the Nile including tilapia, elephant fish, perch, catfish and eels.
Toothpaste and Breath Mints:- The Egyptians love to conceal the awful smell that comes
from our mouths. Bad breath is a symbol
of poor dental health and low income.
Although the Egyptians have dentists, they cannot fix teeth that have
begun to rot and produce a stench. In order to deal with this problem, the
newly created mints were invented which contain a combination of frankincense,
myrrh, and cinnamon honey, and are sucked to relieve the sickly odors.
Farming:- cultivation, and
raising livestock has become a common practice in Egypt. Dikes and irrigation
ditches are the most widespread methods of controlling and bringing in water.
The Farming has been invented to bring canal water to the fields. The Farming is a long balancing pole with a
weight on one side and a bucket on the other. The bucket fills with water and
is raised and brought to the fields.
Plough:- This tool has been
around for hundreds of years, although it has proven to be quite
ineffective. The newest Egyptian ploughs
are hooked to oxen and are allow farmers to dig deeper into the ground than
ever before. The innovated plough has revolutionized farming in Egypt, and has
arguably made Egyptian farming easier than any other society today. It has enabled the Egyptians to progress
major advancements in agriculture.
Scribal Palates and Kalamos :- As Egyptian writing is advancing and becoming more complex,
the sons of wealthy families are becoming scribes for reading and writing. Only around 1% of the population in Egypt is
literate. A scribe’s main tool is the
Kalamos, which is a pen that is made from a short reed. Different sized reeds
are used for varying thicknesses. Scribal palates, inkwells, and brushes are
other tools used by the scribes. They write on papyrus and parchment which are
made from reeds, parchment and animal hide respectively.
Irrigation:- The
Egyptians discovered the first methods of irrigation and the construction of
canals was a major innovation of the time.
During the Nile River’s yearly floods, water had to be directed and
brought to distant fields and highland.
Egyptians thought to surround indentions that would fill with water,
with mud dams to hold the water. Canals
were dug from these basins and carried water to the fields. This proved useful so that water could be
brought to land that wasn’t close to the river and farmers could harvest crops
more frequently.
Hieroglyphics and Hieratic:- Have you seen any of the Hieroglyphics found on the walls of
our temples, stone, pottery, ivory and papyrus?
Did you know that hieroglyphics is the earliest formal writing system
comprised of symbols and primarily used by kings? They are written in rows and columns and
read from top to bottom. More than 700
symbols are used to represent people, objects and ideas and are combined to
form words. The creation of
Hieroglyphics by the Egyptians has distinguished them from other societies and
allowed them to record the events of their lives and track important
discoveries. Hieratic is now used
instead of Hieroglyphics for writing documents as it is simpler and easier to
write.
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