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Good Ol’ Egyptian Pregnancy Tests
It’s amazing what people used to do to determine whether or not they were pregnant in historic times. In ancient Egypt, women didn’t have access to modern pregnancy tests, so they had to rely on some creative methods to determine if they were expecting.
One of the most unusual methods involved peeing on a bag of barley and wheat. If the grains sprouted, it was believed that the woman was pregnant. This was because the hormones in a pregnant woman’s urine can sometimes stimulate the growth of plants.
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