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This book is about snakebite and snake identification in ancient Egypt. The authors--in a remarkable collaboration between the fields of Egyptology, medicine, herpetology, biology and ecology--offer a new examination of the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, better-known as the Snakebite Papyrus, the first-known treatise on snakebites from antiquity.

Snake Identification in the Ancient Egyptian

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      Publisher Lockwood Press
      Published 1 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9781957454030
      978-1957454030
      ISBN-10 1957454032
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      History of medicine

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      Book Synopsis
      This book is about snakebite and snake identification in ancient Egypt. The authors--in a remarkable collaboration between the fields of Egyptology, medicine, herpetology, biology and ecology--offer a new examination of the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, better-known as the Snakebite Papyrus, the first-known treatise on snakebites from antiquity.

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