Everything Was Invented In Ancient Egypt 2 Quiz

Answer: Butcher

Artwork from ancient Egypt depicts both male and female nobles wearing high heels as early as 3500 BC. Believed to have been made almost exclusively for the wealthy for ceremonial purposes, there was another group that wore the shoes for a practical reason: butchers wore them to keep their feet out of the blood of slaughtered animals.

Other ancient people wore high heels as well; Persian cavalrymen wore heels to help them keep their feet in the stirrups, especially when they were standing to shoot their bows.

In ancient Greece and Rome the wealthy wore high heels to differentiate between social classes.

Answer: Preference for red hair

The ancient Egyptians believed that the presence of hair anywhere on the body was unsanitary; they, therefore, were probably the first people to shave, not only their heads, but their bodies as well. Shaving the head helped to keep lice and other pests away, but a bald head or one with grey or white hair was not considered to be fashionable or beautiful, so wigs were needed. Made of human hair, sheep wool, and plant fibers, wigs were worn by both men and women.

While the Egyptian use of henna to cover gray hair is well-documented, it appears that blonde or black hair was most highly favored in wigs.

Answer: Pin-tumbler Lock

The ancient Egyptians are credited with inventing the oldest known door lock, which was an early type of the pin-tumbler lock. A hollowed out door bolt was connected to pins, which could be moved when a key was inserted. The key would push the pins upward, and the door would open. Both the lock and key were made of wood - but the drawback to using them? The locks were huge, and a key could be over a foot long! Eventually the Romans invented a simpler design, however, apparently their locks were easier to pick than those in ancient Egypt!

Answer: Hypostyle

The invention of the column in ancient Egypt is credited to none other than the multi-talented Imhotep, who fashioned stone columns that looked like bundles of reeds. Probably the most famous columns in ancient Egypt today, however, are the ones seen at the Temple of Karnak which was built in the ancient capital city of Thebes, now known as Luxor.

The columns in the Temple of Karnak, which was built to honor the Theban triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu, formed what is commonly called the Great Hypostyle Hall. Covering approximately 200 acres, the Temple of Karnak is believed to be the largest religious building ever made, and the room formed by the Great Hypostyle Hall of 134 columns in 16 rows is the largest temple room ever built. Today the roof of the building is missing, making it seem like an open-air temple.

Answer: Ptolemaic Kingdom

The Ptolemaic Kingdom was founded in ancient Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great. One of his generals, Perdiccas, was appointed to serve as regent for Alexander's half-brother and infant son, and he appointed another general, Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap of Egypt. Ptolemy ruled Egypt from the time of Alexander's death in 323 BC, but by 305 BC was powerful enough to declare himself king.

His dynasty, the last to govern ancient Egypt, ruled for three hundred years. Shortly after Ptolemy I became king, he commissioned the building of the lighthouse, which is believed to have served as a model for all other lighthouses built around the world.

Answer: Bowling

Many believe the first evidence of the game of bowling was found among a child's grave goods by the famous Flinders Petrie, who provided his version of how he believed the game was played based on the artifacts found. The equipment, which resembled modern pins and balls, was relatively small, and could presumably be played on a table top.

While some sources claim that Petrie may have just had bowling on the brain as his discovery was made at a time when bowling was becoming very popular, more recent scholars have found evidence of what they believe to be a type of bowling room at an archaeological site south of Cairo. Using the evidence found in the room, stone balls and a lane, archaeologists have recreated what they think is one of the earliest bowling games in history.

It appears that two opponents stood on opposite ends of the lane with different sized balls, which were aimed at a center hole. The object? To either make your ball go through the hole or knock your opponent's ball out of the lane!

Answer: They are both forms of writing that used phonograms.

Both cuneiform and hieroglyphics used written characters in writing called phonograms, which either represented sounds (phonemes) or syllables that made up words. The phonograms used by the ancient Egyptians were pictures, while the ones used by the ancient Sumerians, who invented written language in Mesopotamia, were more abstract in nature, having developed over time from earlier pictographs and ideographs.

While only the ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphic writing, Sumerian cuneiform was passed on to and modified by many different groups that conquered ancient Mesopotamia, such as the Akkadians, Amorites, Assyrians, and Chaldeans. Cuneiform was written with a wedge-shaped instrument that was pressed into wet clay, while hieroglyphics were typically chiseled into stone or written on papyrus. Which of the groups actually invented writing first and was that done independently of the other? Historians are still debating those points today. Cuneiform, however, due to its cursive nature, is considered to be the oldest written language in the world.

Answer: Ground oxen hooves

Before they invented toothbrushes, it appears that the ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste! Suffering from horrifying dental problems, every attempt was made to have fresh breath. The earliest toothpaste appears to have been made from a mixture of ground oxen hooves, ashes, burned eggshells, and pumice.

Another recipe for toothpaste was found on a papyrus dating to the fourth century AD; it called for a mixture of salt, mint, pepper, and dried iris flower. At a 2003 dental conference in Vienna the recipe was mixed and tested. One of the participants said, "I found that it was not unpleasant.

It was painful on my gums and made them bleed as well, but that's not a bad thing, and afterwards my mouth felt fresh and clean". Yikes!

Answer: Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus

Dating from approximately 1800 BC, the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus is the oldest medicine text in Egypt. Discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1889, the text covers thirty-four topics, specific female medical problems, including fertility and pregnancy, and then offers advice on how to treat each.

While it does not discuss surgical procedures, the papyrus does offer specific treatments, such as swallowing medicine or applying it to body parts. Many of the remedies involved included the application of scented oils, honey, or sour milk. Sometimes the cure was worse than the complaint!

Answer: Black Ink

The Sumerians invented the wheel, the Babylonians invented the concept of zero, and the ancient Greek devised the oldest-known atomic theory, so that leaves the ancient Egyptians as having invented black ink, as well as reed pens to apply it. Why is the invention of black ink so important? Thousands of years later the ink can be seen, very clearly or at least partially visible, on ancient documents, testifying to ancient Egyptian advancement in many areas of learning.

In order to make the black ink, soot, vegetable gum and beeswax were mixed together; other colors were made as well.

For example, ocher, vegetable gum and beeswax were mixed together for red ink.