Imagine a world where the cure for baldness involved smearing a mixture of hippopotamus, crocodile, and tomcat fat onto your scalp or where the elite class of rulers was composed of obese, gluttonous pharaohs who feasted on sugary and fatty foods. This was the world of the ancient Egyptians, a civilization with some of the most peculiar and fascinating habits in human history.

Today we will take a journey back in time and uncover the strangest habits of this ancient civilization.