Unlocking the Medical Wisdom of Ancient Egypt: The Fascinating “Edwin Smith Papyrus”
The “Edwin Smith Papyrus” is an ancient Egyptian medical treatise, written in hieratic language, possibly one of the oldest medical treatises in history. This document is one of the fragments that were part of an ancient Egyptian surgery book and,...Read more
Tomb of Meketre: A World in Miniature
Herbert Eustis Winlock was one of the most successful and active archaeologists during the Golden Age of Egyptology in the early 20th century. As a member of the New York Metropolitan Museum, where he eventually became the director, he participated in several...Read more
Origins and Acquisition of the Books in the Library of Alexandria
The Library of Alexandria: Its Origins and Acquisitions The Library of Alexandria was a renowned library in the ancient world and a center of knowledge dissemination. At its peak, it housed a staggering 900,000 manuscripts. The question remains: where did all these...Read more
The Anubis Shrine in the Tomb of Tutankhamun
The Anubis Shrine comprises an impressive black-painted wooden statue of the renowned Egyptian god Anubis, which was discovered by Howard Carter guarding the entrance to Tutankhamun‘s Treasury. As one writer described it, the statue “served as an ancient...Read more