Science+-+Astronomy

Science has astronomy and medicine. We need astronomy and medicine for many reasons. First, we need medicine so more people are cured from diseases and sicknesses, we need astronomy so we know what time it is or what day it is. Astronomy is the time of our planet and how many days and hours our planet has, which is called a calendar. The moon's cycles are very short. When it was summer the Egyptians switched to solar or a sun calendar which grew out of their observations of the stars. The Egyptian's kept charts of the stars' movements. Stars are those bright movements in the sky at night.

They named constellations after animals; oxen, crocodiles, and hippos. Clocks are used to keep time of things. They first kept time by marking the passage of days on a stick. The shadow clock was like a sundial, but the design was different. They also had water clocks. **//Water clocks were just large bowls with a hole in the bottom. As the water flowed out, hour lines appeared on the side//.** They named their hours instead of numbering them.

The scientific study of medicine began in ancient Egypt. Medicine is the science of practice of how and what cures diseases. The Egyptians handed down the knowledge of anatomy, drugs, and surgery to later cultures. The god of medicine was Asklepios. The Egyptians knew how to fill cavities and treat infections. Successful methods were taught to new generations of doctors, which were called scrolls. These scrolls were the first medical textbooks in history.

That is mostly how astronomy and medicine worked in ancient Egypt. Science and medicine were very helpful in ancient Egypt. Without it, it would've been extremely hard to live. Medicine would be hard to live without because than much more people would die, especially if they didn't have dentistry and magicians to help people. For astronomy it would be hard to live without because then how would you know what time it is, or what day it is. Those are just some examples of how it would be very hard to live without science.

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Hart, George. __Ancient Egypt.__ New York: Eyewitness Books, 1988. Woods, Geraldine. __Science in Ancient Egypt.__ New York: Franklin Watts, 1990.
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