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http://hdl.handle.net/10362/135580| Title: | The Gynecological Papyrus Kahun |
| Author: | Lopes, Maria Helena Trindade Pereira, Ronaldo Guilherme Gurgel |
| Keywords: | Papyrology Hieratic Ancient Egyptian Medicine Egyptology Arts and Humanities(all) Social Sciences(all) |
| Issue Date: | 13-Oct-2021 |
| Publisher: | IntechOpen |
| Abstract: | The Papyrus Kahun is oldest known Egyptian medical document addressing issues of midwifery, dating back to the second Millennium BC. Here it follows a study of the papyrus, featuring hieroglyphic text and its transliteration and translation versions. This work also features commentaries regarding the papyrus’ medical substances and some linguistic evidences on the intimacy between spiritual and physical spheres in the Egyptian therapeutics. After the papyrus text, there is an Egyptian-English glossary. |
| Description: | UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020 DL 57/2016/CP1453/CT0023 |
| Peer review: | yes |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/135580 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98039 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-83969-427-1 978-1-83969-428-8 978-1-83969-429-5 |
| Appears in Collections: | FCSH: CHAM - Capítulo de livros internacionais |
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| 2021_The_Gynaecological_Papyrus_Kahun.pdf | 5,57 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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