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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3879514, member: 87200"]Pretty remarkable article. Thank You. I have not thought much about this topic to date but it is eye-opening. The growth in modern populations because of basic sanitation and medicine has allowed formerly challenged populations to flourish. Consider the case of Egypt with an estimated population of a couple of million in ancient times to almost 100 million today in a country not much bigger than the state of California. Of course in the old days one probably consulted the gods on the issue of health and protection from disease, including Bes and Hathor. Nothing to stop the spread of malaria and plague in those times. Death was more of an everyday experience, where one could even be eaten by a crocodile while working on irrigation projects near the Nile. No wonder they spent so much time worrying about the afterlife.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3879514, member: 87200"]Pretty remarkable article. Thank You. I have not thought much about this topic to date but it is eye-opening. The growth in modern populations because of basic sanitation and medicine has allowed formerly challenged populations to flourish. Consider the case of Egypt with an estimated population of a couple of million in ancient times to almost 100 million today in a country not much bigger than the state of California. Of course in the old days one probably consulted the gods on the issue of health and protection from disease, including Bes and Hathor. Nothing to stop the spread of malaria and plague in those times. Death was more of an everyday experience, where one could even be eaten by a crocodile while working on irrigation projects near the Nile. No wonder they spent so much time worrying about the afterlife.[/QUOTE]
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