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5 eras, 18 moments. Where legend meets archaeology.

ANCIENT QUESTIONS · c. 3000 BCE – 500 CE

LIFE / 1 OF 18

c. 1600 BCE (copy)

Egyptian medical papyri

The Edwin Smith papyrus describes injuries and treatments step by step.

Edwin Smith (bought it, 1862)

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