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Monotheism Philosophy National Government Architecture Organized Science Anthropology-Ethnology (identifying and labeling racial groups) Botany Zoology Astronomy Mathematics Medicine Anatomy (identifying and labeling internal and external body parts) Antibiotics Embalming Surgical instruments Medical specialists (Doctors who treated specific ailments) Dentists Transportation Rudder Canals (including the first Suez canal) Navy (including the circumvention of the African continent) Technology Steam engine (Heron of Alexandria, a native Egyptian, called Michanikos, the Machine Man) Automaton (Heron) Automatic door (Heron) Lock Key Clock Loom Ink Metal piping Egg hatchery Carpentry joints Fiberglass Sexual Contraceptive Spermicide Circumcision Personal Comb Hot Comb/Hair straightening comb Scissors Shoes (sandals) Birthdays Cosmetics Beauty shop Eye makeup Deodorant Toothbrush Toothpaste Cough drops Wigs Customs Wedding ring Handshake Table manners "Amen" (Hidden) Thumbs up, thumbs down Food & Drink Pancakes Marshmellows Agriculture Plow Home Air-cooling system Fan Master bedroom Canopy bed Indoor lighting - oil lamps Communications Calendar Writing Postal system Carrier pigeons Drum At play Checkers Senet Rattles Marbles Bowling Darts Doll making industry Mechanical toys Zoos Literature (novels, poetry, narrative, drama) Sistrum Bagpipe Trumpet Wind Organ (Heron) References: Ancient Inventions, Peter James & Nick Thorpe, Ballentine Books, NY Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, Charles Panati, Harper & Row, NY |
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