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Bad Medicine

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How ancient Egyptian mummies got used as medicine

Folk who lived in ancient Egypt,
Who were rich and who were dead,
Would have a hook shoved up their nose,
And their brain pulled out their head.

Ancient Greek

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the decipherment of Linear B by Alice Kober and Michael Ventris

Old Sir Arthur Evans, on clay tablets, found some writing,
In the ruins of Knossos, which archaeologists thought exciting.
Linear B is what we call that script which Cretans scratched in clay,
Many thousand years ago, recording what they’d say.

Eureka!

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that famous streaker: Archimedes

Imagine you’re an ancient Greek,
And you’ve just sat down to supper,
You’re tucking in to pitta bread,
When up comes some raving nutter.

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