The Ancient Egypt Site - Books on Ancient Egyptian Medicine

The Ancient Egypt Bibliography is a growing list of over 550 books on Ancient Egypt, written in different languages.

This list is intentionally eclectic: some books will be highly scientific, some are meant for a more general audience and others yet are intended for children.

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Science
	General Overviews

Ancient Egyptian Medicine

Author(s): Nunn, John F.
Published: British Museum Press, 1998

A comprehensive study of the medical knowledge of the Ancient Egyptians, from the original medical papyry to skeletons, mummies and paintings by anaesthesiologist and amateur-Egyptologist Nunn.

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Biological Anthropology and the Study of Ancient Egypt

Author(s): Davies, V. - Walker R. (eds.)
Published: British Museum Press, London, 1993

Le Papyrus Médical Chester Beatty

Author(s): Jonckheere, Dr. Frans
Published: Bruxelles, 1947

Publication and study of the medical papyrus Chester Beatty.

Les Médecins de l'Egypte Pharaonique - Essai de Prosopographie

Author(s): Jonckheere, Dr. Frans
Published: Bruxelles, 1958

Dr. Jonckheere has made the list of all people in Ancient Egypt known to have held a medical title, and examines their carreers and responsibilities.

Les noms des parties du corps en Égyptien et en Semitique

Author(s): Lacau, Pierre
Published: Paris, 1970

The names of the parts of the human body in Ancient Egyptian, with parallels to some semitic languages.

Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures

Author(s): Cockburn, Aidan - Cockburn, Eve
Published: Cambridge, 1980

Papyros Ebers: Das hermetische Buch über die Arzeneimittel der alten Ägypter in hieratische Schrift, 1-2

Author(s): Ebers, Georg
Published: Leipzig, 1875 (vol. 1 repr., Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1987)

Publication of the largest and most extensive known Ancient Egyptian medical papyrus, the Papyrus Ebers.

Studies in Ancient Egyptian Anatomical Terminology

Author(s): Walker, James H.
Published: Aris & Philips Ltd., 1998

The names of the different parts of the body in Ancient Egyptian.

The Hearst Medical Papyrus

Author(s): Reisner, George
Published: Leipzig, 1905

Publication of the medical Papyrus Hearst.

The House of Life Per Ankh - Magic and Medical Science in Ancient Egypt

Author(s): Ghalioungui, Paul
Published: Amsterdam, 1973

A comprehensive overview of the extensive medical knowledge held by the Ancient Egyptians.

The Papyrus Ebers

Author(s): Bryan, Cyril Phillips
Published: London, 1930

The Physicians of Pharaonic Egypt

Author(s): Ghalioungui, Paul
Published: Mainz, 1983

Une Maladie Egyptienne : l'Hématurie Parasitaire

Author(s): Jonckheere, Dr. Frans
Published: Bruxelles, 1944

Dr. Jonckheere has reviewed the Ancient Egyptian sources mentioning a particular disease and has proposed a translation for it.