# Ancient Egyptian Birth Control | After Skool

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Published: 2026-07-03T21:48:00+00:00
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Ancient Egyptian Birth Control Over 4000 years ago, Ancient Egyptians were far ahead of their time. They had advanced architecture, agriculture, writing and even birth control. Crocodile dung, Acacia fruit, pomegranate seeds and lamb intestines were just a few of the items that ancient Egyptians used in order to prevent birth. Although these methods may seems bizarre to us today, they were actually quite effective and Egypt did have a much lower birth rate than other areas of the world during the same time.Please subscribe for more interesting animations.Animation by https://www.kramgallery.com/Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2156481/pdf/jroyalcgprac00261-0012.pdf http://www.scihub.org/AJSMS/PDF/2012/3/AJSMS-3-3-93-98.pdf http://www.stoa.org/diotima/essays/wardlect.shtml http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/2/21701778/ http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/techniques/earlymethodsofbirthcontrol http://www.lisapoyakama.org/en/the-contraceptive-methods-in-ancient-egypt/ http://nssp.unm.edu/important-resources/brief-history-ancient-egypt.pdf http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-egypt Follow the podcast for new episodes. We cannot change the world. But we can change ourselves...and that will change the world. The goal of this podcast is to empower the individual and deliver profound ideas through art. Find After Skool on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AfterSkool/videos Disclaimer: This podcast is an independent initiative inspired by the thought-provoking content of After Skool. It is created by a viewer who appreciates the depth of the ideas shared and wants to make them more accessible in an audio format. While every effort is made to preserve the essence of the original content, this is not an official After Skool production, n…

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