What Did the Egyptians Use for Birth Control

All across the world, ancient civilizations used heavy metals like mercury, lead, and arsenic to prevent pregnancy. Ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, Greeks, and Chinese women would drink liquid mercury, liquid lead, or arsenic — or a combination of these — to prevent conception.

Do they have birth control in Egypt?

The 2014 EDHS indicates that around 59 percent of currently married women in Egypt are using contraception. The most widely used methods are the IUD, the pill, and injectables, and three percent of these women cited that they use traditional methods.

What were ancient methods of birth control?

Early birth control methods from around the world included: condoms (external and internal) made of animal bladders, linen, silk, or plants. spermicides made of acacia, honey, rock salt, or crocodile dung. sponges made of moss, grass, or bamboo.