Sylvia RoseFeb 43 minNatron - Ancient Embalming & Household Salts From personal hygiene to embalming the dead, ancient Egypt has many uses for natron. It's a naturally forming desert salt easy to harvest...
Sylvia RoseFeb 47 minKhet, the Body: Death Rites of Ancient EgyptKhet represents the physical body and is considered part of the soul in ancient Egypt. The soul is made of eight parts. Together they...
Sylvia RoseFeb 33 minMamu - Sumerian Goddess of DreamsMamu (Mamud) is a goddess of dreams in ancient Mesopotamia. Daughter of dawn goddess Aya and sun god Shamash (Utu), she may be called the...
Sylvia RoseFeb 25 minButter - Food of Peasants & BarbariansEarliest evidence of butter dates back to c. 8000 BCE. The first butter comes from the milk of cattle, sheep, goats and yaks. The ancient...