Health and Medicine in ancient Egypt; magic and science

dc.contributor.authorVeiga, Paulaen
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-27T19:03:30Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-27T19:03:30Zen
dc.date.issued2009-06en
dc.description.abstractHealth was a constant concern in life and even the deceased needed extra care so they can be at their prime when closed in the sarcophagus, in the possession of magical ‘weapons’ so that, when they would reach the Afterlife, they would be in the complete possession of all their physical abilities. Medicine in ancient Egypt was trying to restrain all malefic beings from action and to preserve the well-being of the individual. Thus the initial statement that magic and science were one and only, a sole concept, represented by heka. Through this work, all descriptions and conceptions observed in the existing legacy of ancient Egypt will lead to conclusions that attest this unique duality, if we can name it.en
dc.format.extent81 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifiereprint:477en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71526en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversidade de Lisboaen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccD051en
dc.titleHealth and Medicine in ancient Egypt; magic and scienceen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversidade de Lisboaen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen

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