Ancient Egypt (3300BC to 525BC) is where we first see the dawn of what, today, we call "medical care". The Egyptian civilization was the first great civilization on this planet. Egyptians thought gods ...

Meet Tetinebefou—the wizard-doctor, priest, and royal dentist—whose newly discovered tomb reveals dazzling secrets about ...

Cancer is often regarded as a disease of the modern age. However, medical texts from ancient Egypt indicate that healers of the time were aware of the condition. Now, new evidence from a skull more ...

Ancient Egyptians practiced an unexpectedly sophisticated form of medicine, in some cases using remedies that modern pharmaceutical researchers are just starting to explore, report University of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ziplyft is a new device for blepharoplasty, inspired by an ancient Egyptian procedure. Consistent, symmetric ...

In the Nile Valley, which teems with many strange forms of lower animal life, lives a terrifying snail. It spreads a parasitic disease, schistosomiasis, which has afflicted Egyptians since the ...