Submitted by veigapaula on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 00:34
CRE XI's Religion Day - if you've missed day 1 of the Egyptology conference, read up here - started off with Susanne Töpfer from Leipzig. In this very very interesting session, we all heard about how some papyri describing embalming rituals can have direct connections to religion myths as the body and the afterlife were treated with the best care.
Submitted by veigapaula on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 15:59
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Medical papyri of the time suggest mixing honey with ochre black eye paint that a father asks from his son. Honey has antiseptic properties, and ochre cools down the eyelids and reduces swellings, so the recipe is based on good research.
Egyptology researcher Paula Veiga, author of Health and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Magic and Science is fascinated by the ancient Egyptians' concepts of health and medical practice. We caught up with her to chat about religion, medicine and magic, and what lessons health professionals can learn from studying the ancient world.
HK: Your background is in tourism – how did you go from tourism to religion, infectious diseases, medicine and magic in Egypt?
Egyptology researcher 
