On the criteria that matter to medicine—not later industrial power— Africa led . Medicine does not exist in isolation. It depends on cities, sanitation, governance, and trade. Africa’s medical ...

Ancient Egypt (3300BC to 525BC) is where we first see the dawn of what, today, we call "medical care". The Egyptian civilization was the first great civilization on this planet. Egyptians thought gods ...

A team of French and Swiss archaeologists has unearthed a remarkable Egyptian tomb dating back over 4,100 years. The burial site belonged to Tetinebefou, a royal physician whose wide-ranging medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cancer is often regarded as a disease of the modern age. However, medical texts from ancient Egypt indicate that healers of the ...

Ancient Egyptians' healthcare system was "advanced and successful" for its time, the authors of a new book on the topic have said. Medicine and Healing Practices in Ancient Egypt by researchers ...

A pair of ancient Egyptian skulls, both thousands of years old, belonged to some of history's earliest known cancer patients, according to a study published Wednesday. The skulls had cut marks around ...

A Government doctor in the little village of Al Korein, north of Cairo, reported some patients with vomiting, cramps and diarrhea. Four days later, ancient, crowded Egypt knew that it had an outbreak ...

In the Nile Valley, which teems with many strange forms of lower animal life, lives a terrifying snail. It spreads a parasitic disease, schistosomiasis, which has afflicted Egyptians since the ...

Looking for the best books on Ancient Egypt? Here’s our curated reading list – from beginner-friendly texts to academic classics and engrossing novels.

(CNN) — Cancer is often regarded as a disease of the modern age. However, medical texts from ancient Egypt indicate that healers of the time were aware of the condition. Now, new evidence from a skull ...