The prevention and cure of disease and the treatment of injuries were major concerns in ancient Egypt. Poorly understood in Egyptian society, illness informed much of their art. Featuring works from The Metropolitan Museum€™s collection, this fascinating book examines this relatively unexplored and underappreciated aspect of Egyptian art. It includes two introductory essays on Egyptian medicine, descriptions and photographs of sixty-four objects, and the first color reproduction of the Edwin Smith Papyrus in its entirety, accompanied by a full translation. One of the world€™s oldest scientific documents, the fifteen-foot-long Smith papyrus (now housed in the New York Academy of Medicine), discusses both practical and magical treatments of wounds and other maladies.

The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt

James P. Allen

David T. Mininberg

Arts & Photography

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Middle Egyptian

University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations

This 2002 book represents a study of the important Middle Kingdom papyri of Heqanakht. Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it includes photographs, facsimiles and hieroglyphic transcriptions of all the preserved papyri and fragments.

Heqanakht Papyri

The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Writings from the Ancient World)

Completely revised and updated James P. Allen provides a translation of the oldest corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts from the six royal pyramids of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (ca. 2350-2150 BCE). Allen's revisions take into account recent advances in the understanding of Egyptian grammar. Features: <ul>
<li>Sequential translations based on all available sources, including texts newly discovered in the last decade</li> <li>Texts numbered according to the most widely used numbering system with new numbers from the latest 2013 concordance</li> <li>Translations reflect the primarily atemporal verbal system of Old Egyptian, which conveys the timeless quality that the text s authors understood the texts to have</li> </ul>

Religion & Spirituality

SBL Press

Completely revised and updated James P. Allen provides a translation of the oldest corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts from the six royal pyramids of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (ca. 2350-2150 BCE). Allen s revisions take into account recent advances in the understanding of Egyptian grammar. Features: <ul>
<li>Sequential translations based on all available sources, including texts newly discovered in the last decade</li> <li>Texts numbered according to the most widely used numbering system with new numbers from the latest 2013 concordance</li> <li>Translations reflect the primarily atemporal verbal system of Old Egyptian, which conveys the timeless quality that the text s authors understood the texts to have</li> </ul>

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The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt

Middle Egyptian

Heqanakht Papyri

The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Writings from the Ancient World)

The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Writings from the Ancient World)