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of cancer is a lot harder to cure and the user doesn’t really know until it’s too late! The types of chemicals that are found in chewing tobacco besides Nicotine are Polonium 210 (nuclear waste), N-Nitrosamines (cancer-causing), Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) and Cadmium (used in car batteries). These chemicals in chew make you get the high feeling, and they also make it extremely hard to quit chewing. The baseball community has taken some action against tobacco before, but it only put restrictions

This ingredient has been shown to cause scalp irritation and has even been linked to the development of cancer. Formaldehyde - Used in the embalming processes, this dangerous chemical was listed as a carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program in 2011. This hasn't stopped many corporations from using it, however. Try these healthier hair dyes instead: 1. Coffee Coffee is an ideal way to

According to historian, Anthony C. Di Paolo, Egyptian religion was mostly based off ancient myths. There most popular myth being the creation of Earth. They believe that at one point only the ocean existed. Then came the sun God, Ra, from of an egg floating in the ocean. Ra created four children: the gods Shu and Geb and the goddesses Tefnut and Nut. Shu and Tefnut were the atmosphere. Geb was the earth and Nut was the sky. Ra was the King of the gods. Geb and Nut eventually created two sons, Set

to acquire frankincense and myrrh trees. Two of the rarest perfumes of the ancient world was made from the resin of the tree and small bush, and frankincense and myrrh played an important part in Egyptian religious ceremonies and in the role of embalming the ‘mummies’.” Not only did Hatshepsut gain wealth from the expedition to Punt, but she also returned with trees that could make rare

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Egyptian Funerary Practices Ancient Egyptian civilization was based on religion. Their belief in the rebirth after death became their driving force behind their funeral practices. Death was simply a temporary interruption, rather than an end to life, and that eternal life could be ensured by means of worship to the gods, preservation of the physical form thru mummification, substantial ceremonies and detailed burial policies and procedures. Even though many today have varying views of an

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The old Kingdom was a time of political and social stability in Egypt, the ancient Egyptian architecture extant today is made of stone. Many kinds of stone were abundantly available, and this availability must in part explain the giant proportions of these surviving buildings. Although tradition long held that slaves built those giant funerary monuments to the kings, it now seems clear that an entire class of artisans, sculptors, and builders were responsible for them. That a culture could organize