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To: cloudmountain
They had it all.

What was their average lifespan?
5 posted on 10/05/2013 7:19:00 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: posterchild

Among the reasons for Egyptian mortality is dental problems, such as absesses, brought on by the residue of tiny bits of stone baked right into the bread, having got there during the grinding of grain into flour.


9 posted on 10/05/2013 7:28:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: posterchild
The average life span for the wealthy was in the mid-30's to late 40's. Many women succumbed to birth problems, later, if not sooner. Some women just lived on and on.

Eleanor of Acquitaine lived to be in her 80's...81-82, as history writes. Imagine that.
From the Internet: Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d’Aquitaine; Éléonore de Guyenne; 1122 or 1124 – 1 April 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages, a member of the Ramnufid dynasty of rulers in southwestern France. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child, then later queen consort of France (1137–1152) and England (1154–1189). She was the patron of literary figures such as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Bernart de Ventadorn.

10 posted on 10/05/2013 7:33:08 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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