Akkadian Diagnostic Handbook
Akkadian Diagnostic HandbookAncient Assyria and Babylonia had a rich medical culture that survives partly through diverse therapeutic texts and a manual compose…
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Arrow in Centre of Back
Arrow in Centre of BackThe beautiful bas-relief in the British Museum of a wounded lioness from an Assyrian Palace in Nineveh (Figure 1). Although Assyrian had …
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Eye of Horus Mystery
Eye of Horus MysteryFor some years there was interest in the shape of the Eye of Horus, when someone looks at the shape of the eye, it resembles the anatomy of …
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Heart Amulets in Egyptian Art
Heart Amulets in Egyptian ArtFor the ancient Egyptians, the heart (ib) was the source of intelligence, feelings, and actions. A person's memory was also housed …
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Nile Catfish
Nile CatfishThe Ancient Egyptians and the Greeks knew about the shocking powers of the Nile catfish and the electric ray or "torpedo" (Figure 1). There is no co…
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Osiris Mummy Form Mastery
Osiris Mummy Form MasteryThe mummy of Osiris, with the traditional position of cross hand appear to match the form of the brain stem, which might be indication …
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Plato and Aristotle Debate
Plato and Aristotle DebateIt is sometimes said that Plato attempted to understand the world through pure reasoning, whereas Aristotle was more empirical and wil…
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Sphinx of the Karnack Mystery
Sphinx of the Karnack MysteryThe similarities between the shape of the Ram sphinx of Karnack and brain stem is really magical, despite the fact that it is not s…
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The Canon (Law) of Medicine Medical Book
The Canon (Law) of MedicineMedical BookThe Canon of Medicine (Qanun: Law of Medicine) (Figure 1), by Ibn-Sina is one of the most famous books in the history of …
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The Earliest Artificial Eye
The Earliest Artificial EyeIn 2006 the archaeologists found an artificial eyeball on a female skeleton in an ancient grave of the Burnt City’s cemetery, dated b…
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The earliest Depiction of The Brain
The Earliest Depiction of The BrainOne of a series of five drawings found in a number of Eastern and Western medical manuscripts which are believed to be copied…
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The Elephant in Love – First Documented Anatomical Organ
The Elephant in Love – First Documented Anatomical OrganThis picture is the oldest anatomical documentary of the heart and resembling it as the center of life. …
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Trepanning
TrepanningTrepanning is one of the earliest surgical operations knowns, and there is considerable evidence to show that it was practiced by primitive man in pre…
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