The Human Brain in Ancient Egypt: A Medical and Historical Re-Evaluation of Its Function and Importance

by Sofia Aziz

The Human Brain in Ancient Egypt provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain. The notion that excerebration was carried out to rid the body of the brain continues to dominate the literature, and the assumption that the functions of the brain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803274778
• ISBN13: 9781803274775
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.