Over four thousand years ago, the Persians came up with an ingenious method of irrigation known as the qanat.
Irrigation | A Brief History of the Birth of Civilisation
Rituals for Death and Beyond | Glimpses of Ancient Egypt
In Egyptian myth, the afterlife was just as important as life. The dead stood before Osiris in the Hall of Truth, and their actions in life were weighed. If they were found worthy, they would pass on the Field of Reeds where they would life their ideal life, exactly it was on earth.