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| ART AND MEDICINE |
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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 54 |
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Eternal magic of the pharoahs
Sherif Mahmoud Helmy
Non-invasive Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
| Date of Submission | 30-Oct-2019 |
| Date of Acceptance | 11-Nov-2019 |
| Date of Web Publication | 23-Jan-2020 |
Correspondence Address:
Sherif Mahmoud Helmy
Non-invasive Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha
Qatar
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_113_19
How to cite this article:
Helmy SM. Eternal magic of the pharoahs. Heart Views 2020;21:54 |
Ancient Egyptian royalty highly valued eyeliner (latter termed Kohl by Arabs) as a health treatment and as a cosmetic that reflects social status. Eyeliner keeps them cool and prevents and treats ailments such as trachoma, chalazion, as well as conjunctivitis among others. It also shields the eye from glare and the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays and desert sand. Both green pigment (made of malachite) and black pigment (made of galena/lead sulfide and known as “Mestem”) were applied to eyebrows in the Middle and New Kingdoms. Egyptian queens and noble women have applied it traditionally since the Predynastic Period of Egypt (3100 BC).
There is also growing evidence that other lower-class citizens used it as well. The Egyptian medical papyri contain numerous recipes for the treatment of eye ailments. In Papyrus Ebers (1550 BC), green eye-paint was used in 18 prescriptions and black eye-paint in 65.
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