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With today’s technologies, the internet, and everyday progress, it’s
very hard to imagine the difficulties of the lives of our ancestors. The
things that were considered normal back then can make us laugh or even
terrify us! Their weird ways of curing diseases, their traditions, and
even their everyday lives — there are curiosities in every aspect that
seem very strange today.
Bright Side has collected a few facts from the past that will definitely
make you happy that you live in the 21st century.
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Hair coloring
Women started dying their hair more than 3,000 years ago. But in the
past, there were no salons and no special coloring mixtures, which is
why ancient women used almost everything from onions and cinnamon to
sulfur and ash. Also, to make their hair brighter, they had to spend
hours in the blazing sunshine. It is no wonder that such experiments
with appearances often didn’t end well. |
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Book of complaints
Books of complaints have existed for thousands of years. For example,
this is what a 3,000-year-old complaint tablet about the delivery of the
wrong sort of copper looks like. It wasn’t as easy as calling a hotline
or leaving feedback on a website. This took real effort. |
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Lacrymatory
Small jars with narrow necks — lacrymatories — were often found in
tombs. Apparently, the tears of mourners were collected inside them.
These vessels could also indicate how much a wife missed her husband
while he was away. |
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Large-scale construction
In ancient times, people used to take construction, especially building
temples, very seriously. For example, The Stone of the South in Baalbek
weighs more than 1,000 tons! It’s hard to imagine how people who were
just like us created and moved such blocks and made buildings with them. |
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Sewage system
Water supply systems for drylands from a huge well were made in the 1st
century BC in ancient Iran, and they are still used in some places. The
scale and labor intensity of these systems are unbelievable.
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Love for cats
It is a well-known fact that cats were respected and considered sacred
animals in ancient Egypt. In palaces, cats had very luxurious lives, and
they lived just as well as their owners did. If a cat died, people had
to shave off their eyebrows as a symbol of mourning, which lasted 70
days.
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