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The Physicians of Ramses: Medicine in the Age of the Pharaohs
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the surprisingly advanced world of medicine during the reign of Ramses II. They discuss the Edwin Smith Papyrus, a surgical text from around 1600 BCE that describes 48 cases of trauma with remarkable anatomical accuracy, and the Ebers Papyrus, a vast compendium of herbal remedies and incantations. Lucas explains how Egyptian physicians—known as sunu—specialized in fields like ophthalmology, dentistry, and even veterinary medicine, with the Per-Ankh (House of Life) serving as a center of learning. He shares the story of a royal physician named Hesy-Ra…
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