Many of ancient Egypt's contribution to society not only advanced them as a civilization but left an impressionable impact on the accomplishments of the modern day. Nestled within the fertile valley of the Nile, Egypt was protected on all sides from invasion and at the same time uninfluenced by many outside cultures. Although its overall isolation by the expanse of the surrounding desert to the west and the red sea to the east, this thriving culture's achievements went beyond the imagination of even the most seemingly advanced world. This allowed the Egyptians to not only live peacefully and without an active army but also provided them with the security and time to concentrate on what is known today as the foundation of an effective way of life. One of the gifts that the Egyptian empire had bestowed on the heathens of modern society was the beginning of an elaborate alphabetic system. It was from this system of writing that many other contributions such as an accurate calendar and mathematical equations that the Egyptians were able to move forward with architectural wonders, specialized doctors and the practices of justice and religious rituals.
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Beyond the realm of reading, writing and arithmetic the Egyptians flourished in the field of medical science. They advanced with the existence of "specialized doctors", physicians for specific areas of medicine. The Egyptians had doctors for dental, optometry, proctology as well as many other medical purposes. Due to the effects of the desert on the Egyptian population it was necessary to establish specialized doctors to aid in decreasing the wear and tare of their bodies from day to day strain. The desert sand would grind down their teeth, sphincters, sphinxes, and eyes. The Egyptians had dental work lasting longer than that of today's modern dentistry. Since the average life span of an Egyptian was thirty years, funeral arrangements had to be made early and should you had money accompanied by status, you could be honored with the process of embalming.
Many civilizations and many cultures have contributed to the ways of the modern man. It is because of such great accomplishments as those of the Egyptian people that we are able to do and create beyond the boundaries of our minds today. We are and exist because of all the ideas and creative elements that the Egyptian people laid solid ground for. We live and dwell in security of our surroundings knowing that they were built with the exactness and precision of all the tools formulated by Egyptian advancements. Although from day to day we go without thinking of such seemingly minuscule issues it is in fact that they were once great mysterious wonders that the great people of the Egyptian empire took the time to invest and expand on.
Embalming became a large part of the Egyptian funeral process and to this day is still a practiced performance by a wacky doctor or two. All organs were removed from the deceased body except for the heart because of the belief that it was the center of all being. The organs were then placed in jars which represented the four sons of Osiris. The body was soon stuffed with herbs and flowers and finely wrapped in cloth soaked with frankincense and various botanical oils. The hot dry climate contributed immensel
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