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Medicine, Mathematics and Magic unite in a Scene from the Temple of Kom Ombo (KO 950)

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2010

Abstract

Interpretation of a unique relief from the Ptolemaic-Roman temple of Kom Ombo, which portrays a set of medical instruments and other realia from Roman Imperial Times, combining elements from scientific fields with magic and religious rituals to bring about renewal and resurrection to the land of Egypt.