Ancient Egypt Archive
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Second oldest case of Prostate Cancer discovered in Egyptian mummy
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsWith the diagnosis of the first real case of prostate cancer in a mummy, researchers say the causes of cancer may be more genetic than was originally thought. -
The Egyptian Myth of Isis and Osiris
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsWe will investigate the truths concealed within the ancient myth of Isis and Osiris, which is perhaps the best known story in Egyptian mythology. -
On the Egyptian origin of the domestic cat
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe traditional opinion is that the cat was domesticated in place in Egypt from wild local stock. SCHAUENBERG (1972) contradicted this hypothesis by showing that the cranial index (ic = cranium length/volume of encephalic cavity) of the modern domestic cat was closer to that of the steppe cat (Felis ornata) of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan than that of the wild Libyan desert cat (Felis libyca). -
Fetus Magic and Sorcery Fears in Roman Egypt
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsOn May 22nd, in the year 197 CE, an élite young farmer in the village of Karanis, in the Egyptian Fayyum, one Gemellus Horion by name, presented a formal complaint to the Roman stratêgos 'concerning the outrages perpetrated by' his neighbors. -
Early history of wound treatment
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe first written records containing medical information date from about 2500 BC. Clay tablets from this time have been discovered in Mesopotamia and the first medical papyri from Egypt are probably some seven hundred years younger... -
Theon of Alexandria and Hypatia
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe mathematician and philosopher Hypatia flourished in Alexandria from the second part of the 4th century until her violent death incurred by a mob in 415. -
Meager Returns: Agricultural Wages in Roman Egypt
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper will attempt to shed some light on the identity of these unknown Egyptian laborers and also the economy in which they functioned. -
Tracing the Origins of the Ancient Egyptian Cattle Cult
Posted on January 8, 2012 | No CommentsThe recently discovered cattle tumuli at Nabta Playa in the Western Desert are identified here as a potential source of evidence on the origins of cattle worship in the ancient Egyptian belief system. -
The Early Dynastic Through Old Kingdom Stratification at Tell Er-Rub’a, Mendes
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsBy 4000 BCE, an agricultural subsistence strategy became firmly ensconced in the Egyptian Nile Valley and Delta.This new strategy, probably imported from Western Asia as early as 6000 BCE, began a new age that would rapidly evolve a unified culture bonded by a central authority monitored by a divine king. -
The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsThe Egyptians envisioned the hereafter as a duplication of the best moments of earthly existence. There was nothing morbid in their lifelong preoccupation with death, they prepared for it earnestly and confidently.