Les Papyrus médicaux de l'Egypte pharaonique. Afrique du Nord stylistic and iconographic study

stylistic and iconographic study

this book is an indispensable and unparalleled tool for anyone interested in the art

With great humor and passion

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Les Papyrus médicaux de l'Egypte pharaonique. Afrique du Nord stylistic and iconographic studyA careful analysis of the corpus of medical papyri from Pharaonic Egypt allows us to reconstruct the ways of thinking that underpinned the texts intended to guide, in the daily practice of their art, practitioners belonging to a universe with traditions radically different from those adopted by the West. Their strangeness makes it particularly difficult to interpret writings that are, moreover, among the oldest of humanity. Reading them requires the