Ancient Egyptian doctors used a combination of ... (1837-1898), a German novelist and Egyptologist, discovered this medical papyrus at Thebes (Luxor) in 1873-74. It is now in the Library of ...

Pyramids and temples show precise ancient engineeringAncient tools reveal advanced science and metallurgyOld medical and ...

Previously, the earliest description of cancer came from an ancient Egyptian medical text written around 1600 B.C. called the Edwin Smith Papyrus. The text detailed the presence of multiple breast ...

The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards which recorded laws, taxation and government business. These written records of ancient Egypt give us information about the beginning of ...

entire rolls of papyrus, some a few feet long and still relatively intact, written in hieroglyphics as well as hieratic, the cursive script the ancient Egyptians used for everyday communication.

Ancient Egyptians used the papyrus plant to make sails, cloth, mats, cords, and paper, which was the main writing material in ancient Egypt. “I published a paper on the preservation of papyri ...