The Quick and the Dead: Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt by Andrew Gordon, Calvin Schwabe

The Quick and the Dead: Biomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt

Egyptological Memoirs,

Andrew Gordon, Calvin Schwabe

236 pages missing pub info (editions)

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This volume uses a cross-disciplinary approach to examine the origins of ancient Egyptian medicine in the domestication, care and sacrifice of cattle. Ritual cattle sacrifice in Egypt led to a rudimentary understanding of animal anatomy and physio...

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