Romans ate flamingos, parrots and storks!
The Romans ate unique foods like dormice, ostrich and many
more. However, did you know Romans ate flamingos, parrots and storks! Only rich
Romans could afford such meat. They ate dishes like flamingo tongue, braised
flamingo and roast parrot! Some other dishes that the Romans ate were stuffed
dormice, sea urchins and lamb’s brain!
The ancient Egyptians had 2000 deities!
The ancient Egyptians had many gods and goddesses like
Osiris, Horus, Ra and many more. However, did you know the ancient Egyptians
had 2000 deities?! Each deity had a different purpose, like Heka who was god of
magic and medicine, Ra the Sun god, Bastet the goddess of cats and fertility
and many more.
The Persians won a battle against the Egyptians by using cats as shields!
In 525 B.C.E the Battle of Pelusium was fought by the Persians
and the Egyptians. The Egyptians had a much larger army and would have easily
defeated the Persian. However, the Persian king decided to use cats as shields!
The reason being that the Egyptians weren’t allowed to kill cats, as per their
beliefs.
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