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Is it safe to assume that Ancient Egypt had electricity?
To begin with, I probably should say that there are a lot of interesting things about the Ancient Egyptian civilization. They built some really amazing and large monolithic structures such as the Pyramids and Sphinx; they also had something like an alphabet composed of hieroglyphs that was used in their writings (which is pretty impressive because writing systems were invented very late compared to other technologies) as well as being able to make accurate astronomical observations. It also seems likely that these people understood how to do arithmetic based on what we know about them having been able to build giant monuments using stones weighing hundreds of tons, without modern technology or even wheels/axles for transportation. It has been suggested by theorists studying physics and mathematics during the early 20th century CE that ancient civilizations might have known how to use calculus thousands of years ago but this remains unproven." "However it's not clear if any of these people knew how electricity works or if they had access to it. Since you ask specifically about Ancient Egypt rather than all Egyptians (which includes Nubians who predate Ancient Egypt), I'll focus my answer on information specific only applicable towards this region at this time period." "The first thing we need is more information about whether electricity existed in ancient times. So far all we have is circumstantial evidence which isn't enough for me – so let me explain why: If I didn't already know anything about electricity before reading your question, then considering everything else I've mentioned here alone would be enough grounds for me coming up with a theory stating 'no' when asked if there was electricity back then since none of those things seem related to electrical phenomena unless one starts assuming certain things relating them together out-of-hand." "An example where someone did just that would be Aristotle who made claims regarding lightning long before anyone ever figured out what it actually was based solely on its effects observed from afar while he assumed it must be similar somehow at least conceptually with objects getting hot by rubbing against each other due to friction thus causing fire – yet now we can see clearly today through experiments involving high frequencies moving between conducting plates in vacuum chambers that while both phenomena involve movement within matter via electric fields, they are fundamentally different nonetheless despite looking similar superficially under normal conditions." "So until someone actually discovers concrete proof somewhere – perhaps hidden away in some mummy tomb or something waiting centuries later for us humans living right now after its time still waiting patiently untouched– confirming beyond doubt whether electricity existed back then or
However if you wanted to be a bit more speculative about the matter, there are some things worth considering. The first thing I'd point out is that it seems likely they had at least rudimentary knowledge of static electricity and possibly even magnetism (as evidenced by their accurate measurements of heavenly bodies) but this kind of residual charge buildup occurs naturally in all living creatures and plants. Since most people back then didn't have any clue what caused such phenomena, let alone how to use it for anything practical like building electric circuits or generating electromagnetic fields through coils with alternating current flowing through them (which is what modern-day 'electricity' really is), these effects were probably just attributed to magic or gods instead." "But if one imagined that some people somewhere came across an unusual rock which gave off sparks when struck against other rocks just like rubbing two sticks together creates fire – perhaps while digging down deep into a cave where ungrounded metal tools weren't attracting stray electrons much due to only being used above ground in dry weather conditions – then maybe someone would think differently." "You could imagine them thinking something along the lines: 'Hey! My bronze axe makes lightning!' And from this maybe later on someone else who thought extra hard about why this happened might eventually figure out how
the more these people observed things like sparks and lightning during thunderstorms, the more they would start to realize that there might be some kind of common cause behind all this" "And even if it took them hundreds or thousands years to make a connection between how rubbing two sticks together can create fire while also being able to affect certain rocks in similar ways as lightning (because after all not much was known about electricity back then), today we at least know what is really happening due to modern science.
But then again who knows – maybe they did understand electricity back then and just didn't think it was worth mentioning (or perhaps its discovery happened so long ago that even their earliest ancestors already knew about it too). For example, one might argue that if these people made accurate astronomical observations using a large network of temples across the country over many hundreds or thousands of years using some kind of stellar navigation system involving stars, they must have known at least the basics about magnetism since celestial bodies are affected by such forces." "This suggests to me how perhaps ancient astronomers might have theorized correctly (but not proven yet) based on what we know today as a result from studying physics with our modern scientific method without having any idea what's actually going on. So overall I'd say your question is an intriguing possibility but there still isn't enough evidence to prove how this would have been done in practice.
Well that's all I can say for now. Hopefully this answers your question sufficiently or at least takes you one step closer to finding the answer in case you want to keep searching.
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