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3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHARMACY AND MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT

The organizing committee cordially invites you to attend the 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHARMACY AND MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT, to be held in Barcelona (Spain) on 25 - 26 October 2018.

The program includes the following speaker’s notes:

Prof. Rosalie David:

“Epidemics and their aftermath in ancient Egypt”

Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at The University of Manchester (UK).

Prof. Salima Ikram:

"Images and analyses: recent Advances in Mummy Studies”

Distinguished Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) and Invited Professor at Yale University (USA)

Prof. Eva-Maria Geigl:

“An Egyptian cat tale told by ancient DNA?”

Co-director of the Epigenome and paleogenome lab of the Institut Jacques Monod, University Paris-Diderot (Paris 7)/CNRS in Paris (France).

*In recent studies, Prof. Geigl and her team have demonstrated that the Ancient Egyptians were first to domesticate the cats.

Prof. Sahar Saleem:

"Ancient Egyptian medicine and health in the eyes of modern science"

Professor of Radiology at Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine of the Cairo University (Egypt). Leading member of Egyptian Mummy Project - Egypt.

Dr. Jesús Herrerín López:

“New light on the mummification process: attempts to improve the body for the afterlife”

PhD in Biological Sciences. Associate Professor of Biology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain). Member of the archaeological teams at the Theban Tombs 16, 34, 110, 11 and 12 and the Projects Djehuty and Hery.

Dr. Rosa Dinarès Solà:

“Ebers and Edwin Smith papyri compared to paleopathological data found in bones and mummified remains”

MD specialist in radiology (1980) by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, MA in Egyptology (2000) by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Team member of the research expeditions at the Theban tombs TT16 and TT34

The Conference program combines plenary sessions, oral communications and posters, and discussions which will permit to establish interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers and research groups that propose breakthrough studies on Pharmacy and Medicine Antiquity.

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If you have any question, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

Visit our website: www.egypharmed2018.com

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