Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Most famous part
Ebers papyrus
When was it created
About 3000bc
Who found it
Edwin smith
Four humours
Black bile,yellow bile,phlegm,blood
Canopic jars
Used to store all the organ apart from the heart when mummification took place
When was the ebers papyrus made
1570bc
Channel theory
The Egyptians thought the body was like the Nile if a blood channel was blocked you would need to unblock it immediatley
When was the Edwin smith papyrus found
1862
What Egyptian item say to protect the back of the wearer
Djet and amulet
The two daughters of Asclepius
Panacea and hygieia
Galen says oppurtinities to dissect a body are
Finding a body outside,or a disturbed tomb or an ape
God of health
Isis
God of pregnancy and birth
Tawaret
God of the dead
Anubis
God of sun
Ra