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	<title>Did You Know it &#187; egypt</title>
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		<title>Who invented scissors?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is most likely that scissors were invented in 1500 BC in ancient Egypt. The earliest known scissors appeared in the Middle East 3,000 or 4,000 years ago. These were of the &#8216;spring scissor&#8217; type comprising two bronze blades connected at the handles by a thin, curved strip of bronze. This strip served to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who used cosmetics for the first time?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cosmetics have been used for as long as there have been people to use them. Face painting is mentioned in the Old Testament (Ezekiel 23:40) and eye shadow was used in Egyptian burials dating back to 10,000 BC. The word &#8220;cosmetae&#8221; was first used to describe Roman slaves whose function was to bathe men and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How was a necktie invented?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The necktie (or tie) is a long piece of cloth worn around the neck, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat. Regardless of the fact that the definition of the necktie in most dictionaries states &#8220;a large band of fabric worn around the neck under the collar and tied in front with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who destroyed the nose of Sphinx?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Sphinx of Giza is a half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt. But the nose of this Great Sphinx at Giza is made conspicuous by its absence. What happened to it? Although popular legend blames Napoleon and his troops during the French campaign in Egypt (1798-1801) for having shot the nose off the Great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know there was a female pharaoh in Egypt?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rulers of ancient Egypt, Pharaohs, were almost all men. The evidence for a few women Pharaohs is sketchy at best. One female Pharaos in Ancient Egypt was Hatshepsut. Although not the only female ruler of Egypt, Ma&#8217;at-ka-Ra Hatshepsut (1473-1458 BC) is one of the best known. She was an 18th dynasty Pharaoh, daughter of [...]]]></description>
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