Lhe Egyptians were forerunners in many fields: mathematics, medicine, architecture, chemistry. Many of their inventions, improved over time, are still present in our daily lives. The solar calendar, bricks, beer, wigs, lipstick, blush, anti-wrinkle creams, but also pulse measurement, eye drops for conjunctivitis or even operations such as circumcision and cataracts were already widely used in the time of the pharaohs. Even more surprisingly, 35 centuries before modern medicine, the Egyptians had developed reliable pregnancy tests using female urine to diagnose their condition. It was then enough to water with urine, barley and wheat and wait for the latter to germinate under the action of a hormone: folliculin.
Moreover, it seems that the people of ancient Egypt were familiar with the blown glass industry. It seems they even invented the eternal lamp
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