Cancer is often regarded as a disease of the modern age. However, medical texts from ancient Egypt indicate that healers of the time were aware of the condition. Now, new evidence from a skull more ...

Ancient Egypt (3300BC to 525BC) is where we first see the dawn of what, today, we call "medical care". The Egyptian civilization was the first great civilization on this planet. Egyptians thought gods ...

Ancient medicine has evolved over time, some practices were bizarre, whereas some we use even now, from the concept of informed consent to several medicinal ingredients. Decades and centuries of ...

A team of French and Swiss archaeologists has unearthed a remarkable Egyptian tomb dating back over 4,100 years. The burial site belonged to Tetinebefou, a royal physician whose wide-ranging medical ...

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PHILADELPHIA -- Ancient Egypt was renowned for its prowess in the field of medicine, so much so that sick people went there from abroad in search of herbal remedies. Dr. Patrick McGovern holds a ...

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