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First, it is not even certain that the ancient Egyptians even had batteries. There are just some pottery artifacts that contain metal cylinders and show residue of once containing a liquid. It is entirely possible that these simply may have been wine or beer vessels of an unusual type.

However among those most confident that these are batteries, the most common suggestion was that they were used for electroplating of gold. But evidence is weak for this as nothing that would be needed to actually do the electroplating has been found, only these alleged "batteries".

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