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 |  Subject: Mercury was found in Egyptian tombs that date from 1500 BC  Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:35 pm | |
| Mercury was found in Egyptian tombs that date from 1500 BC[16] It was also known to the ancient Chinese.[17] In China and Tibet, mercury use was thought to prolong life, heal fractures, and maintain generally good health. One of China's emperors, Qín Shǐ Huáng Dě — allegedly buried in a tomb that contained rivers of flowing mercury on a model of the land he ruled, representative of the rivers of China — was killed by drinking a mercury and powdered jade mixture (causing liver failure, poisoning, and brain death) intended to give him eternal life.[18][19] The ancient Greeks used mercury in ointments; the ancient Egyptians and the Romans used it in cosmetics which sometimes deformed the face. By 500 BC mercury was used to make amalgams (Medieval Latin amalgama, "alloy of mercury") with other metals.[20] The Indian word for alchemy is Rasavātam which means "the way of mercury".[21] swellendam property for saleกำจัดยุง ป้องกันยุง อุปกรณ์กำจัด ทรายกำจัด เครื่อ | |
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