Study Shows Life Was Tough For Ancient Egyptians

Yahoo news ^ | 3-28-2008 | Alaa Shahine

[blam]

GGG Ping.

Life was even tougher at this time here:

Disaster That Struck The Ancients

" The hieroglyphs there reported "all of Upper Egypt was dying of hunger to such a degree that everyone had come to eating their children".

[Last Dakotan]

"So maybe things were not so good for the average Egyptian and maybe Akhenaten said we have to change to make things better," he said.

You find stealth Obama plugs in the oddest places.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance

Geez, the media reports were wrong.
Even then.

[Thrownatbirth]

Now they have to deal with Cairo traffic jams.

[sionnsar]

Geez, the media reports were wrong. Even then.

"...there is no new thing under the sun." Ecc 1:9

[GVnana]

You find stealth Obama plugs in the oddest places.

So true, so true.

[sionnsar]

Cairo traffic is a "trip" all by itself. Recently I learned how to cross a street in Cairo -- find a Cairene also trying to cross the street and stay in his "traffic" shadow.

Worked pretty well.

[capt. norm]

"Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians"

Maybe that's why they walked that way.

[capt. norm]

Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians

Some, more than others.

"No more Botox!"

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Anemia may be an interesting indicator here, because it could imply several possibilities, both in its cause and effects.

The assumption that the anemia was caused by malnutrition, and associated with protein deficiency may be correct, or it could be hereditary, or even caused by a disease or huge swarms of blood sucking parasites. Or a combination of the above.

In turn, the idea that this was a new city, yet was abandoned after this one pharaoh, also implies some interesting things. Leaving a previously inhabited area needs a strong motivation.

Perhaps something bad befell the old city, and was so awful that it resulted in the traditional gods being temporarily abandoned as ineffectual.

[FrankR]

"Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians ..."

Obama says America owes them reparations too...Film at 11.

[LukeL]

The Exodus dates to around this time, which would give good reason to abandon the Gods of old.

[Barnacle]

After 11 years invested in building a full size replica of the Great Pyramid, let me assure you... Life Was Tough For Ancient Egyptians!

[SunkenCiv]

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[what's up]

Yes, I believe Akenaten was influenced by the God of Moses. He instituted monotheism which was unprecedented in ancient times (except for the Jews).

And it caused a whole new culture to sprout in Amarna which then was stamped out under King Tut.

[Nevadan]

re: You find stealth Obama plugs in the oddest places.

Or John Edwards plugs. Obviously there were two Egypts.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Didn’t Egyptian Pyramid workers get loads of beer and meat everyday? For all their work they got to pay fewer taxes and—the big pay off—eternal life for building the god-kings tomb.

[pankot]

Well, at least they had beer.

[T.L.Sink]

Herodotus tells us that 100,000 men labored for twenty years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza which is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. A common saying of the ancient Egyptians was “man fears time but time fears the pyramids.” The pharoah was literally believed to be a god incarnate and to most Egyptians this life was merely a time of preparation for the next life - eternity with the gods.