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

Ancient Egyptian medicine was highly advanced for its time Egyptian doctors were sought after by kings and queens from faraway lands because they were considered as the best in the world.

A Glimpse into Ancient Medical Mastery The discovery of Tetinebefou’s tomb offers a fascinating window into the world of ancient Egyptian medicine. This 4,100-year-old burial chamber, adorned ...

The 4,000-year-old skull and mandible of an Egyptian man show signs of cancerous lesions and tool marks, according to a recent paper published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine. Those marks ...

Medicine in ancient Egypt, documented extensively in medical texts such as the Ebers Papyrus and the Kahun Papyrus, was unquestionably sophisticated, and the new findings offer important, direct ...

While cancer was probably not well understood, medicine in Egypt was advanced compared with much of the ancient world. An Egyptian document called the Edwin Smith Papyrus, which was written ...

"This finding is unique evidence of how ancient Egyptian medicine would have tried to deal with or explore cancer more than 4,000 years ago." The second skull also displayed a large lesion ...

In a skull marred with bone damage from multiple tumors, archaeologists have found never-before-seen evidence from ancient Egypt of surgical intervention for cancer.

What Is Ancient Greek Medicine? As the Egyptian civilization faded, the Greek one emerged around 700 BC. The Greek civilization prevailed until "the end of antiquity" around 600 AD.