Women had the same rights as men.
In Ancient Egypt women had similar rights to men, making them stand out from other communities around the world at the time. Women were allowed to own property and in court, women were legally equal to men.
Women of power would only be served by other women and sometimes communities of these women of power would form.
That being said, there were still some rules and exceptions in place.
Women were not allowed to have important roles within society unless they married into the position via their husbands or were related to families of power.
There were certain jobs that were considered to only be suitable for females, such as weaving, dancing, singing and becoming a professional mourner.
The Ancient Egyptians will always be a mystical race as we continue to discover more about their culture and worship of gods.
So now you have more of a window into the life of Ancient Egyptians…
The Ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste!
The Egyptians were invested in their dental care and they were the creators of the first-ever recipe for making toothpaste.
It is believed that their food contained a lot of grit and sand, which would have been wearing on the enamel on their teeth, so experiments were carried out to improve their dental care.
Scribes that have been found throughout Ancient Egypt show recipes for toothpaste making.
They would use ingredients such as ashes, pumice, burnt eggshells and the powder of ox hooves to create toothpaste.
It wasn’t until the Roman Empire came about that items such as mint were added to give a better flavour!
The Ancient Egyptians were cat crazy.
The most highly respected of them all being the cat
The Ancient Egyptians believed that animals were incarnations of the gods so it was popular to keep animals as pets. The most popular being cats.
If you were caught killing or injuring a cat in Ancient Egypt the penalties were high, usually resulting in death.
However, the only time that this was an exception was if there was an overpopulation of cats and it needed reducing. Cats would be offered as sacrifices to the gods and this would lower the population.