Arachne, Vol. 8

Georg Moritz Ebers, a prominent German Egyptologist and novelist, is renowned for discovering the Ebers Papyrus, a significant ancient medical document. His academic journey included studying jurisprudence and Oriental languages, leading to professorships in Egyptian language and antiquities at Jena and Leipzig. Ebers's contributions to Egyptology were marked by two scientific expeditions to Egypt and the publication of influential works, including his notable 1867-1868 study, Ägypten und die Bücher Moses, and the edited medical papyrus in 1874.