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 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

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 ...

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 more ...

(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 ...

A remarkable 4,100-year-old tomb of an Egyptian doctor has been unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt. The burial belonged to Tetinebefou, a physician who reportedly treated the pharaoh himself. The site’s ...

When illness or injury inflicted people in the ancient world, they often turned to a trustworthy physician who also was familiar with the practice of magic. That connection between the world of the ...

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 ...

Imagine combining the skills of a top surgeon, a royal dentist, and a master magician—all wrapped up in one ancient Egyptian practitioner who served pharaohs 4,000 years ago. That's exactly what ...

Ancient Egyptians practiced an unexpectedly sophisticated form of medicine, in some cases using remedies that modern pharmaceutical researchers are just starting to explore, report University of ...