The Egyptians believed that at death a person’s spirit would recite in the presence of Osiris such affirmations as “I have not afflicted any man, ”“ I have not withheld milk from the mouths of sucklings, ” and “I have given bread to the hungry and drink to him that was athirst. ”
प्राचीन समय में, अनेक बच्चों को काफ़ी समय तक स्तनपान कराया जाता था, जितना सामान्यतः आज कराया जाता है उससे कहीं अधिक ।