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The Scythians, a group of ancient tribes of nomadic warriors, originally lived in what is now southern Siberia. Their culture flourished ca 900 BC to 200 BC, they had extended their influence all over Central Asia – from China to the northern Black Sea. https://t.co/3TD7gbqEzV

The Egyptians referred to faience as THnt (tjehenet) “that which is brilliant, scintillating, or dazzling”, in view of its reflective qualities, which they associated with the shiny surfaces of semiprecious stones. Faience derives its modern name from its bright colors.

Ancient Egyptians considered the fragrances to be the sweat of the sun god Ra. They used fragrance in rituals, ceremonies and funerary contexts, and wore scents in unguent cones, or wax hats that dripped oil into the hair. Ancient Egyptian perfumes were thick, like olive oil.

T. Salguero (U. of Georgia) found that calcium copper silicate splits into nanosheets, a thousands times thinner than a human hair. These nanosheets produce infrared radiation similar to the beams used in remote controls. P. Brack, L. Corcoran, Davy, Bercke, P. McCoaut, G. Verri

Ancient Egyptians used 4 sided obelisks and a T- shape sundial, situated in strategic point, to tell the time as the sun was passing by. They were also the first ones in creating portable sundials. Time was calculated depending on the length of the shadow.

Only some of them have been identified: carob, juniper, pine, salt, various oils and watermelon. Egyptians used blue lotus flowers as an aphrodisiac, and maybe as a remedy for impotence. Today, the active ingredient of blue lotus, apomorphine, can be used to treat ED.