Cleopatra, Vol. 5

Georg Moritz Ebers was a prominent German Egyptologist and novelist renowned for his discovery of the Ebers Papyrus, a crucial ancient medical document. His academic journey included studies in jurisprudence and Oriental languages, leading to significant positions in Egyptian language and antiquities. Ebers made two scientific expeditions to Egypt, contributing to the field with his notable work, Ägypten und die Bücher Moses, and later editing the celebrated medical papyrus he found in Thebes. His scholarship greatly advanced the understanding of ancient Egyptian medicine.