Who invented hand shaking

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Home Menu. Mars Insight celebration: Why do we shake hands? Where did the handshake come from? Getty Images. This gravestone from BC shows people touching hands. This sketch shows two army generals in shaking hands. You can see the soldiers have swords down their left-hand sides.

When are handshakes used? It was reported that he was sent home early for doing this, although Egypt's judo federation said he went home when he had originally planned. Are there alternatives to handshaking? Thumbs down, on the other hand, meant execution.

However, there are in fact no contemporary references to thumbs going either up or down in the Colosseum. They would only extend it if they wanted him killed. In Braveheart , the movie set in 13th-century Scotland, hundreds of Scottish warriors moon their English enemies from across the battlefield. But according to the chronicle of historian Peter Langtoft, it was the English who used mooning to insult the Scots.

The Chronicle does not include further detail. The gesture still has appeal in some quarters today: the Annual Mooning of Amtrak trains takes place in Laguna Niguel, California, on the second Saturday of July, and in June , the Movement Against the Monarchy organised mass mooning outside Buckingham Palace. Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland.

Chew on This: The History of Gum. The Battle of Blair Mountain. In the literary canon, it stretches to the Iliad and the Odyssey. In their efforts to eschew the hierarchy and social rank, they found the handshake a more democratic form of greeting to the then-common bow, curtsy, or hat doffing. There may be a scientific explanation for its lasting power.

In a study , researchers in Israel filmed handshakes between hundreds of strangers and found nearly a quarter of participants sniffed their hands afterwards. They theorized that a handshake may be unconsciously used to detect chemical signals, and possibly as a means of communication—just as other animals do by smelling each other.

The kiss-as-greeting has a similarly rich history. It was incorporated into early Christianity and used in religious ceremonies. In the Middle Ages, a kiss was used as a sign of fidelity and to seal agreements like property transfers. In Provence expect three , and four is the norm in the Loire Valley. The cheek kiss also common in countries like Egypt, where three kisses is customary, Latin America, and the Philippines.

In , la bise was temporarily paused as swine flu became a concern. At the end of February the French Health Minister advised against it as the coronavirus cases increased. Because of this, the practice can go in and out of style depending on public health concerns. All rights reserved.