Ancient Egypt Flashcards

1
Q

Most famous part

A

Ebers papyrus

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2
Q

When was it created

A

About 3000bc

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3
Q

Who found it

A

Edwin smith

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4
Q

Four humours

A

Black bile,yellow bile,phlegm,blood

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5
Q

Canopic jars

A

Used to store all the organ apart from the heart when mummification took place

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6
Q

When was the ebers papyrus made

A

1570bc

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7
Q

Channel theory

A

The Egyptians thought the body was like the Nile if a blood channel was blocked you would need to unblock it immediatley

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8
Q

When was the Edwin smith papyrus found

A

1862

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9
Q

What Egyptian item say to protect the back of the wearer

A

Djet and amulet

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10
Q

The two daughters of Asclepius

A

Panacea and hygieia

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11
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Galen says oppurtinities to dissect a body are

A

Finding a body outside,or a disturbed tomb or an ape

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12
Q

God of health

A

Isis

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13
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God of pregnancy and birth

A

Tawaret

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14
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God of the dead

A

Anubis

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15
Q

God of sun

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Ra

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16
Q

Who could administer treatment

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Physicians,priests,healers