The document discusses 5 ancient Egyptian inventions: 1. Eye makeup, which the Egyptians invented as far back as 4000 BC and is still used today in the form of kohl. 2. Hieroglyphics, which began as pictograms in 6000 BC and became a writing system with alphabetic, syllabic and ideographic symbols. 3. Papyrus paper, which the Egyptians developed thousands of years before the Chinese invented modern paper from the papyrus plant. 4. Calendars, which were essential for the Egyptians to track the annual flooding of the Nile and know when to plant crops. 5. Primitive plows from around 4000 BC, which were basic tools pulled by

3.  Sure, eye makeup might not rank
alongside fire or the wheel as one of the most
important discoveries in human history, but it
gives the Egyptians a run for longevity.
 Since they first invented eye makeup as far back
as 4000 B.C., it's never gone out of style.
 They combined soot with a mineral called
galena to create a black ointment known as
kohl, which is still popular today.
 They could also create green eye makeup by
combining a mineral called malachite with
galena to tint the ointment.

5.  The use of drawings to tell stories is certainly
nothing new; cave paintings found in France and
Spain date all the way back to 30000 B.C.
 The Egyptian writing system began with
pictograms, the first of which date back to 6000
B.C.
 oday, everyone knows the Egyptians for the
creation of hieroglyphics, which contained a
mixture of alphabetic, syllabic symbols, as well
as ideograms -- pictures that stood for whole
words -- found extensively within Egyptian
tombs and other places

7.  No one will deny that the Chinese changed the
world forever with the invention of paper around
140 B.C., but what many people don't know is
that the Egyptians had developed an admirable
substitute thousands of years earlier from the
papyrus plant
 Its tough, fibrous interior proved ideal for
making durable sheets of writing material, along
with sails, sandals, mats and other necessities of
ancient Egyptian life.

9.  Many of us would be lost without a calendar
to help us remember dental appointments
and important meetings, but in ancient
Egypt, a calendar could mean the difference
between feast and famine.
 Without a calendar, ancient Egyptians had no
way of knowing when the annual flooding of
the Nile would begin.

11.  While historians aren't entirely certain of where
the plow originated, evidence suggests that the
Egyptians and Sumerians were among the first
societies to employ its use around 4000 B.C.
 Those plows certainly had room for
improvement.
 Likely built from modified hand tools, the plows
were so light and ineffective that they are now
referred to as "scratch plows" for their inability
to dig deep into the ground.What's more, the
plows ran on nothing more than elbow grease.

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