How horrible was ancient Egypt?

Speaking of ancient Egypt, Bian Xiao actually has an impression that there are yellow sands all over the sky, and then there are sphinxes and pyramids like this, which is very interesting, but there are still some inevitable things, namely Pharaoh masks, mummies, coffins, cats and snakes, which are scary anyway, so this ancient Egypt is still scary, so how scary is it? Let's continue to analyze and see!

How terrible ancient Egypt was, here are ten things to tell you.

1, packaging food with mummy bandage led to cholera outbreak.

There was a time when anything involving ancient Egypt was considered a fashion. Mummies with bandages removed were transported to Europe, and a large number of mummies flowed out of ancient Egypt.

In fact, although a large number of mummies were imported into Europe, the locals did not give these mummies corresponding respect. Therefore, during that time, it was very easy and cheap to get bandages from mummies, even cheaper than paper in some areas.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the owner of an American enterprise decided to make food packaging bags with mummy bandages in order to save costs. Unfortunately, people began to get cholera, and the practice of using mummy bandages as food packaging bags was also banned.

2. Bury with him

Burying with servants was gradually banned in ancient Egyptian traditional culture, but in ancient Egyptian civilization, this burial ceremony with servants was the universal culture of the society at that time.

Incredibly, the servant buried with him didn't think it was murder. The attitude of ancient Egyptians towards death was very complicated. They have a strong obsession with life after death, and to some extent, they are more obsessed with death. It is considered an honor for a servant to be buried with his dead master!

Mummies are used as medicine.

Eating people is the most terrible and taboo thing for most people. From17th century to18th century in Europe, a crazy craze swept across the country: dismembering mummies into countless pieces for eating can nourish nutrition and cure various diseases.

People dismember mummies and soak them in wine, claiming that they can cure various diseases, drinking the blood of corpses can treat blood-related diseases, and using skulls can treat brain-related diseases.

Perhaps, today's society thinks cannibalism is incredible, but in Europe at that time, eating other people's remains was very normal and healthy.

Offending the sun god will be punished by burning sacrifices.

Violent crimes are rare in ancient Egypt, but there is an extremely terrible crime: offending the sun god.

Destroying or robbing a temple, or disrespecting the sun god, will be burned alive, referred to as "living burning". Burning alive is a punishment for violators, and it often appears in ceremonies to pay homage to the sun god.

Burning alive was the most horrible punishment in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians believed that people would be reborn after death, and burned alive to destroy people's bodies, so there was no carrier to put the reborn soul after death, which was the heaviest punishment for violators by believers in ancient Egypt.

In ancient Egypt, extorting confessions by torture was very common.

Ancient Egypt had a set of laws to maintain public order, and a group of people acted as policemen, but this did not mean fairness. In ancient Egyptian society, extorting confessions by torture was very common. In fact, this is a standard procedure.

Usually, in order to induce suspects to give testimony, they will beat suspects with wooden sticks, usually the soles of their feet. This punishment is also called a stick.

6. Presumption of innocence

The cornerstone of modern law is the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. However, in the legal system of ancient Egypt, it was assumed from the beginning that the defendant's crime was established, the defendant's job was to prove his innocence, and the judge's job was to be as fair as possible.

Of course, there is no historical evidence that ancient Egyptians often abused this law to frame others, but this set of laws can better protect the interests of those who can abuse this law.

7. God decides whether a person is guilty or not

During the development of ancient Egypt, the priests gradually controlled the daily life and important decisions of the Egyptians. These priests gradually influenced the lives of ordinary people, and were considered to have the ability to contact the sun god and were the guardians of the sun god.

They will appear in court with a statue of the sun god and two papyrus-one guilty and the other innocent. Eventually, the statue of the sun god will point to the right paper and show the will of the sun god.

This is equivalent to giving the priest the power to control the movement of the statue according to his own will. This also shows that in court, the fate of these ancient Egyptians may be controlled by a liar, but the people foolishly think that this is God's will.

8. Use feces for contraception

In modern society, people use condoms, drugs and predict menstruation to prevent pregnancy. Contraceptive measures have a history of thousands of years. Studies have shown that a long time ago, people used sheepskin condoms to prevent pregnancy; Legend has it that the ancient Romans often used a plant for contraception, which led to the extinction of that plant.

However, compared with the contraceptive methods of ancient Egyptians, these sounds normal.

The ancient Egyptians believed that mixing honey with crocodile feces and covering the whole vagina could be a good contraceptive method. For some reason, people at that time thought it was a good spermicide-in fact, it was more likely to increase the chances of pregnancy. However, with the knowledge level of people at that time, such an idea is understandable.

9. Ancient Egypt thought the death penalty was too cruel.

People living in ancient Egypt may be severely flogged, flogging is common, but the death penalty is very rare.

According to official records, in the ancient Egyptian kingdom, the death penalty was not used in 150 years. When there are very serious crimes, such as murder and treason, they will be sentenced to cruel death, such as burning alive, beheading, drowning and crucifixion.

10, the curse of ancient Egypt exists forever.

Countless legends and stories tell us that the curse of mummies exists forever. Not long ago, after King Tutankhamun's mausoleum was excavated, it was circulated that mummies would take revenge for physical disturbance.

The most famous version is: 26 people who found the king's tomb will die mysteriously, and the leader will die soon because of blood poisoning.

Archaeologists found particularly dangerous mold spores in the process of excavating ancient tombs, but they stayed in the ancient tombs for a short time, not enough to cause death. Some people speculate that there may be a strange disease related to blood poisoning.

But most scientists pointed out that the whole thing was stupid, because only 6 of the 26 people who dug the ancient tomb died.

However, although there is no evidence that the curse exists, it does not mean that the ancient Egyptians did not do so. Many graves are surrounded by various symbols, cursing those who disturb them, hoping that they will have evil animals, such as lions or snakes, and even God will punish them.

After reading it, you may find that this ancient Egyptian painting is really terrible.