Les Papyrus médicaux de l'Egypte pharaonique. Afrique du Nord With great humor and passion

With great humor and passion

The archaeologists working on the Karnak site have designed and written

including an English translation in 2004

this book is an indispensable and unparalleled tool for anyone interested in the art

Les Papyrus médicaux de l'Egypte pharaonique. Afrique du Nord With great humor and passionA careful analysis of the corpus of medical papyri from Pharaonic Egypt allows us to reconstruct the ways of thinking that underpinned the texts intended to guide, in the daily practice of their art, practitioners belonging to a universe with traditions radically different from those adopted by the West. Their strangeness makes it particularly difficult to interpret writings that are, moreover, among the oldest of humanity. Reading them requires the