Ancient Egyptian Inventions
Aakarsh Rai, Dylan Hernandez, Omar Elmougy
Overview
King Tutankhamen, also
known as King Tut, was
one of the most famous
Pharaohs. Although he died
at 18 years of age, he was
well known.
This is a cartoon version
of Ancient Egyptian
medicine.
This is a pulley system,
used daily in Ancient
Egypt.
This is an Ancient
Egyptian Calendar.
A Ox drawn plow, similar
to the Ancient Egyptians.
Ancient Egyptians were a very smart civilization, so they contributed a
lot of ideas and inventions to the world. These inventions are things that you
and I probably use every day. A lot of their inventions were probably lost or
misused. But a couple of inventions were not.
To keep everybody in line the Ancient Egyptians thought of something
that no one had thought of, a police force. These teams of well trained men
were keeping everybody from breaking rules.
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In Ancient Egypt building the Pyramids was not easy so they invented 4,50
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organized labor. Although we do not use all of the inventions today, The Pyra
Egyptian inventions have opened up many ideas to improve society such as buil
the ox drawn plow that today is now a machine. However, some inventions
such as simple machines are still used today.
The Ancient Egyptian’s are today still credited for inventing the 365
day calendar. Ancient civilizations recorded time with a lunar calendar.
Egyptians also invented the sail and sailboat for transportation and
trading on the Nile River. In other cases, the Egyptians revolutionized the
way we live today.
Medicines
A very important invention of the Egyptians was medicine. This was very
helpful to the Egyptians, because now if they are hurt or are sick they could use
these medicines to cure them. The Egyptians were very good at figuring out
human anatomy and were even able to recognize internal organs when people
died. They also knew that pulse was somehow related to the heart. From the
Edwin Smith Papyrus, we can tell that they treated dislocated bones and
performed minor surgical procedures. We also know that they treated diseases in
a physical manner along with other spiritual practices. Much of the treatment
consisted of crushing and mixing herbs. Medicine helped develop the Egyptian
civilization and continues on through our own culture today.
Today, some medicines we use still have Egyptian ideas in it. When
Egyptologists discovered mummies, they also discovered medicines in their
bodies. In the tombs of Pharaohs, medicines were stored in canopic jars for the
believed afterlife. Other important items such as food and clothing were also
stored in canopic jars for the afterlife.
Simple Machines
There were many inventions made in ancient Egypt, but the easiest to
use were he simple machines. The simple machines consist of levers, pulleys,
wedge, ramps, and wheels. The most used of these inventions were the
pulleys and wheels. The pulleys were used to lift objects to higher elevations
then regular Egyptians could not reach. Bricks were lifted multiple amounts of
times to help make the pyramids. The wheels were used make transporting
objects place to place at an easier and faster rate. Instead of pulling objects
around they could now easily roll an object on a board much easier.
Calendar
The ancient Egyptians also have the distinct honor of having
invented not only the modern 365 day calendar but the leap year system
as well. Ancient civilizations recorded and marked time using a lunar
calendar system. A solar system established calendar, based on twelve
months of 30 days each, with five extra days, was first conceived of by
the ancient Egyptians. The Egyptians also devised the leap year calendar
of adding an extra day every fourth year in the year 238 B.C.
Farming
The first ox-draws plows appeared in Egypt as early as 2500 B.C. Skilled m
working would have been required in order to form a workable plow, as well as
animal husbandry. One might wonder why the ancient Egyptians would have eve
needed ox-drawn plows when the majority of the Egyptian nation consists of
deserts. While there certainly is a great amount of sweeping desert land in Egypt
the nation is also the home of extremely fertile black soil along the banks of the
River. This soil makes a very hospitable environment for growing crops such as
wheat, in addition to a multitude of vegetables. Ancient Egyptian inventions, suc
the ox-drawn plow, would have made farming much easier and more profitable.
Other Inventions
The Egyptians favorite invention was probably makeup. Everyone, even the poor w
decorative paint. Some people seem to think that the Egyptians used the makeup
protect themselves from the evil eye.
Another Invention was the lock. With this contraption no one was able to ge
out. This helped all societies in times of war, also and just to keep there things from
stolen.
Sailboats were another one of their inventions. They were using wind curre
travel. Today we are trying to do the same thing they were, save the Earth by usin
natural resources! That just shows how smart they were, since we are trying to do
same thing they were.