Egyptian Papyrus Art

The prevention and cure of disease and the treatment of injuries were major concerns in ancient Egypt. Poorly understood in Egyptian society, illness informed much of their art. Featuring works from The Metropolitan Museum's collection, this fascinating book examines this relatively unexplored and underappreciated aspect of Egyptian art. It includes two introductory essays on Egyptian medicine, descriptions and photographs of sixty-four objects, and the first color reproduction of the Edwin Smith Papyrus in its entirety, accompanied by a full translation. One of the world's oldest scientific documents, the fifteen-foot-long Smith papyrus (now housed in the New York Academy of Medicine), discusses both practical and magical treatments of wounds and other maladies.

Striking compilation of ornaments and patterns from the Egyptian New Kingdom. Designs feature geometric motifs as well as plant and animal shapes such as papyrus blossoms, scarabs, geese, and cobras.

Egyptian mathematics - Egyptian mathematics refers to the style and methods of mathematics performed by scribes in Ancient Egypt, deriving in large part from the rare discoveries of ancient papyri: in particular, the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, dating from the Second Intermediate Period (though it is a copy of a now lost Middle Kingdom papyrus), and the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, both of which appear to be mathematics textbooks.

Amarna art - The Ancient Egyptian art style known as Amarna Art was a style of art that was adopted in the Amarna Period (i.e.

Ipuwer papyrus - The Ipuwer papyrus is an ancient Egyptian papyrus document. It is commonly dated in accordance with Jon Van Seters, who places it in the Second Intermediate Period, at the time of the Hyksos Invasion (ca.

Turin Papyrus Map - The Turin Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world. It is drawn on a papyrus reportedly discovered at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, collected by Bernardino Drovetti (known as Napoleon's Proconsul in Egypt) sometime before 1824 and is now preserved in Turin's Museo Egizio.

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