Egyptian Papyrus Reveals This Old Wives’ Tale Is Very Old Indeed
Throughout history, cultures around the world have come up with lots of folk prognostications for predicting the sex assigned at birth. If the mother craves sweets, it’s a girl; if she eats a lot of garlic, it’s also a girl. Have a healthy glow? It’s a boy. Pupils constantly dilated? Boy. Develop acne? Definitely a girl. As it turns out, this type of fortune-telling has been around for even longer than researchers thought; Bonnie Burton at CNET reports that a newly deciphered 3,500-year-old Egyptian papyrus details a relatively elaborate way to find out a baby’s sex.
The trick comes from the Papyrus Carlsberg Collection held at the University of Copenhagen. Though the trove of ancient documents were purchased and collected in the 1930s,… Continue Reading (4 minute read)
It’s important to note that it was only 70% accurate at detecting if there was a pregnancy, it did not accurately detect the sex of the baby. Scientists believe this worked because elevated levels of estrogen in a woman’s urine might have promoted seed growth.
Is there an ancient Egyptian test for diagnosing why my Wifi keeps dropping?
You need patience with this kind of wheat-and-see approach
It won’t work nowadays. I mean, who can tell wheat seeds from barley anymore?
“60% of the time, it works every time” Brian Fantana
and this is why beer was sacred to the Egyptians
Talk about slow results.
Another way I’m sure had something to do with injecting your wee into a frog
I saw that on The Great and meant to look into it. So, thank you for sharing.
This beer tastes like PISS!
I saw that on an episode of The Great. Thought it was just made up.
“Hey, Bill! Melissa peed on some barley seeds, and now she’s pregnant! Have Stacy do the same thing with wheat!”
My gf and I tried this and now we’re banned from Home Depot
Been trying for baby #2 for a few years now. This’ll save me a ton on pregnancy tests!
70% of the time, it works everytime…