The human brain in ancient Egypt : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance /

This text provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain.

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Main Author: Aziz, Sofia (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2023.

Series: Archaeopress Egyptology ; 45.

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Call Number: R137

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Summary:This text provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023.
Physical Description:1 online resource (86 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781803274782 (PDF ebook) :