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Research Finds Rich Ritual Food Killed Ancient Egyptian Priests
According to BBC News, an analysis of the foods listed in hieroglyphic inscriptions on temple walls showed the meals offered to the gods were laden with saturated fat.
Scans of priests' mummified remains showed many had blocked arteries.
"There couldn't be a more evocative message: live like a god and you will pay with your health," said Professor Rosalie David, an egyptologist from the University of Manchester.
The translations of inscriptions on the walls of Egyptian temples showed that priests would offer the gods meals of beef, goose, bread, fruit, vegetables, cake, wine and beer three times a day.
After the ritual offering, they would take home the food for themselves and their families.
A dietary analysis showed a very high fat content in the food offered. For example, goose meat is 63 percent fat, with 20 percent of it saturated.
The bread was richer than modern bread, often being enriched with fat, milk, and eggs.
According to the researchers, salt intake was also likely to have been high because it was often used as a preservative.
The food offered to the gods was much richer than the more frugal, mainly vegetarian, diet that most Egyptians ate.
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