Homo Sum, Vol. 5

Georg Moritz Ebers was a prominent German Egyptologist and novelist, renowned for discovering the Ebers Papyrus, one of the world's oldest medical texts. His academic journey included studying jurisprudence and Oriental languages, leading to professorships in Egyptian language and antiquities. Ebers conducted significant research in Egypt, contributing to the field with works like "Ägypten und die Bücher Moses" and editing the famous medical papyrus he found in Thebes, which has had lasting historical significance.