Snake identification in the ancient egyptian brooklyn medical papyrus: a new study of the twenty-four extant registers of the 'snakebite papyrus'
Auteur :
Sanchez, Gonzalo M. / Meltzer, Edmund S. / Wuster, Wolfgang / Casewell,, Nicholas R. / Schuett, Gordon W.
Éditeur :
Lockwood Press
ISBN :
9781957454030
Date de publication :
2 juil. 2024
Dimensions :
17,0 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
639 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book is about snakebite and snake identification in ancient Egypt. The authors--in a remarkable collaboration between the fields of Egyptology, medicine, herpetology, biology and ecology--offer a new examination of the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, better-known as the Snakebite Papyrus, the first-known treatise on snakebites from antiquity.