Top 10 Unknown Hidden Facts about Egypt

History has seen some many great civilization, history have seen them rising through the ashes and history has seen them transforming into ashes. Once a civilization rises, it gradually falls; it is the custom of this world. Power does not remain into the hands of any civilization but it is transferred from one to another, yet there are some civilizations who have managed to maintain their distinctive identity. Egypt is one of those civilizations which have managed to endure all the bearings of destiny and has succeeded in perpetuating its position on this globe.

Egypt is among the oldest civilizations of this world, the Egyptians are said to have existence since the 10,000 BC under different names. the Egyptians settled down around the river Nile during the 4,000 BC so that they could stimulate their financial and economical situation, at that time the upper and lower Egypt were united, the first pyramid was then built around 2700 BC followed by the pyramids of Giza in 2600 BC. In 2055 BC mentunotep (2) took control of the entire Egypt but the delta region was then taken over by Hyksos in 1700 BC.  In 1100 BC, the upper and lower Egypt went apart. After that in 800 BC king piy of Nubianconquered Egypt, followed by Assyrians and then Persian in 600 BC & in the same BC Neolithic culture began to spread in Egypt. Alexander the great took his turn in Egypt in 400 BC.

The roman period in Egypt begins with the arrival of 0 AD; Egypt was conquered by the Arabs in 642 AD, followed by ottoman Turk rule in 1517.Napoleon Bonaparte however burglarized Egypt in 1798 AD. In 1953 Egypt became independent from the British rule. This was a very very brief history of Egypt, there are so amazing and thrilling things about Egypt that people usually do not know, so the top ten things that you do not know about Egypt are:

10. World’s oldest dress belongs to Egypt:

The tarkan dress was discovered by Flindus Petrie in the research held during 1911 to 1913. Tarkan dress is five thousand years old and is said to be the oldest object in world. It was founded in the ruins of Tarkan and belongs to Egyptians, the owner however was Egyptian and dress was put into proper use. The dress is currently stationed in the Petrie museum of Egyptian Archaeology.

9. Ancient Egyptians wore wigs:

The wigs were very in among the ancient Egyptians, they wigs were worn in abundance by both men and women. The wig was something by which the social status of one could be easily described, the wig worn by the rich were made of human hairs and the poor wore wigs made up of wool and vegetable fiber. Men and women were in regular habit of shaving their heads to keep the lesions away and after shaking their heads they wore wigs.

8. Ancient Egyptians wore make up:

Both men and women wore make up, especially eye make-up. Civilians of both genders wore perfumes; the women applied henna on their hands & nails and applied red paint on their cheeks. The eye makeup was called as kohland was made of ground raw material mixed with oil. They believed that the eye makeup can cure all the eye infections which have now been proved as true by scientific research.

7. Pyramid of Egypt:

The pyramids of Egypt which are now the only ancient wonder of the world left is of course in the ownership of Egypt. There is a total of 138 pyramids, each of them happen to be the tomb of a pharaoh, thepyramid of Giza specially holds a very prominent importance which was constructed 2600 BC, the pyramids are now considered as an honorary site.

6. Cleopatra was not an Egyptian:

Cleopatra was a highly intelligent and capable politician, Egypt was going through the phase of civil disorder when Cleopatra took the country in her embrace and brought complete prosperity in the nations. This amazing woman was not an Egyptian, she was born in Alexandra and was a member of Greek Macedonians, and she was connected to thePtolemy. She was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt.

5. Ancient Egyptians loved board games:

The Egyptians loved games very much, after spending the entire day working whenever they got any leisure time they played board games as well as physical games. The games which they played in abundance were Mehen, Dogs, Tackels and senet. Senet was their favorite game. The men, women, children even oldies, everyone loved games. They loved games so much that they buried the games with the bodies.

4. Egyptians invented calendar:

The calendar which is being used in the world, which is often referred to as the English calendar but it is not the English calendar because it was invented by the Egyptians. This calendar which comprises of 12 months that is 365 days was invented by the Egyptians.

3. Egyptians kept pets:

The ancient Egyptians were very much fond of animals and loved their pets very much. They considered the animals as an incarnation of gods and gave them equal esteem as the humans. They loved cats very much. Trained monkey and dogs were often the companions of police officers.  Just like the humans they mummified the animals too and buried them in the tomb along with the owner.

2. Slaves had rights:

The people working there were not slaves, they were paid worker. Most of the workers were artists who built the pyramids. They workers had all kinds of rights, they were paid good wages and there was even a concept of strike, if the workers had some demands which they wanted to fulfilled they would go on strike, they would sit idle and not do any work till all their demands were accepted by the employer.

1. Women rights:

The ancient Egyptian women had all the liberty; they were equal in status to men. They had the freedom to kind of business they pleased, the women however worked from home but their work was given equal esteem and consideration. They could purchase and sell properties, they could enter any legal contract, and they had their properties to their own names, not to their husbands. They had the right to seek divorce and then remarry. The women were a part of the juries as well where as the status of women in other civilizations of that time was equal to the slaves.

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