Essay On Ancient Egyptian Medicine

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The Ancient Egyptian medicine was some of the oldest ever recorded. They also had advanced medical practices for their time, including surgery, and even dentistry. They also had very good reasons and myths for astronomical events and also used astronomy in their daily life. Thanks to the translations on the rosetta stone, archaeologists were able to decode ‘Egyptian Medical Papyri”. They also were able to decode hieroglyphics written on walls explaining the Egyptian calendar and Egyptian myths, uncovering lots of information explaining the Egyptians technology, and beliefs. Ancient Egyptian Medicine, and how they used astronomy to connect with their religion, and in their daily life, are just some of the things that really changed history. As you can see, the Ancient Egyptians had medical treatment that was high-tech for their time.

To begin with, Egypt was the first civilizations to create medicine and do surgery and dentistry. The Egyptians medical care was the best, and they even influenced the Greeks with their medicine making and surgery. One aspect of their medicine was their hygiene. They used pomegranate juice to clean the body and to make the pores smaller. The Ancient Egyptians also had many treatments for various problems, such as for headaches, …show more content…

The Ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods which were actually seen in the sky, like Orion, a constellation, which was called Osiris. Osiris was the god of death, the afterlife, and rebirth, which was dying and coming born again in a different body. Stars in were represented by the goddess of writing, Seshat, while the Moon was either Thoth, the god of wisdom and writing or Khons, the moon god. The Milky Way was the sky goddess Nut giving birth to Ra, the god of the sun. The moon was worshiped as Khons or Khonsu, the god of the earth was worshiped as Geb, while Nut was the goddess of the sky and stars, and the wife of

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