Egyptian civilization

Emboden, WA 1981B. Transcultural use of water lilies in Maya and Egyptian civilizations of Ethnopharmacology... 

The hydratation of quickhme is highly exothermic and it releases circa 1.19 MJ per kilogram of lime. If not enough water is added, the heat released can increase the temperature of the water until it reaches its boiling point. Once the reaction is complete, the product obtained is calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)j [1305-62-0], also called hydrated lime or slaked lime. The solution saturated with calcium hydroxide is called milk of lime and has a pH of 12.25. Hydraulic lime is an impure form of hme that will harden under water. Lime has been used for thousands of years for construction. Archeological discoveries in Turkey indicate lime was used as a mortar as far back as 7000 years ago. Ancient Egyptian civilization used lime to make plaster and mortar. 

The Egyptian civilization used a system of writing known as hieroglyphics, which survived for more than three thousand years. 

People across continents and cultures have experimented with the healing virtues of nature s bouquet or just simply tried to enhance the flavor and vitality of their meals. The ancient Egyptian civilization reverted to an elaborated dinner ceremony by using the efficacy of essential oils to get... 

Anti-inflammatory drugs have a special, if not pivotal, place in the history of Western medicine and drug therapy and in the birth and evolution of the pharmaceutical industry. From at least the time of early Chinese and Egyptian civilizations over 5,000 years ago, humans sought plants and other natural materials for the relief of the four signs of inflammation— redness, heat, swelling, and pain. We know that as early as 400 BC, the Greek physician Hippocrates advocated the use... 

History. In the past, volatile oils of terrestrial plants were used in Chinese [4], Assyrian [5], Sumerian [6], Babylonian [7], and Egyptian civilizations [7-9]. Volatile oil was first isolated from marine algae, Fucus, by Heilbron et al. [10] and later in a series of research by Katayama in 1951-1961 [11]. 

It is worth mentioning that the use of perfumes is not new, as they have been used for thousands of years since the Egyptian civilization, when they were used in religious rites. After the roman civilization, they became an oriental art, and it was not until the thirteenth century that all this knowledge arrived to Europe due to Arabic influences. Louis XV, in the eighteenth century, used it so much that his court was called le cour parfumee. Nowadays, France is still the heart of the European perfume industry. Since then, the perfume market has become very important, with sales of billions of dollars. 

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