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Originally Posted by alexander
beer sounds good right about now... jotting upstairs to grab one 
btw anyone not with me when i say that pyramids were not built using slaves? |
I think Moses gave the Pyramid builders a bum rap and his control of the media was a lot better.
radishes
A strage one as we hardly see them these days ( at least the little red ones)
But radish just means "root' so god knows what plant it was botanically.
Has anyone any clues?
Orientals Eat Giant Radishes
Ancient Egypt: Fruit and vegetables
Radishes R Us
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During the pyramid building, workers were given enormous amounts of radish, garlic and onion. Herodotus has mentioned in his second book, Euterpe:
“There is an inscription in Egyptian characters on the pyramid which records the quantity of radishes, onions, and garlic consumed by the laborers who constructed it; and I perfectly well remember that the interpreter who read the writing to me said that the money expended in this way was 1600 talents of silver”.
Only during the 20th century AD when an antibiotic preparation (Raphanin) has been extracted from radish, and Allicin and Allistatin from garlic and onion. A wise procedure undertaken in such an overcrowded camp.
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Medicine in Ancient Egypt 3
