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Court rules German university must hand over valuable Egyptian collection

By Ben Morales-Correa

A German court has ruled that a collection of 150 ancient Egyptian objects once owned by a Jewish professor was sold forcibly and below fair value to the University of Leipzig back in 1936, when Germany was under Nazi rule. Georg Steindorff, then head of Leipzig’s Egyptology department, had possession of the objects since 1915... »

Ancient Egypt: Pioneers in medicine

By Ben Morales-Correa

Image via Wikipedia Egyptian medicine is one of the oldest in history. Herodotus identified this region as a fertile land that produces an abundance of drugs, some are remedies and other poisons, its doctors are the wisest of the world. The art of healing that was practiced at that time made use of plants and plant... »