Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
Ancient Roman medicine was a combination of folk medicine and inherited knowledge from their neighbors. Built upon by Roman physicians, it also had many spiritual features. The prohibition against ...
An engraving of the doctor, Galen. He was Greek by birth but practiced medicine in Ancient Rome. Galen practiced medicine in 2nd Century Rome here he was the doctor to several Roman Emperors.
Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Kristi Upson-Saia and comedian Stu Goldsmith to explore the strange world of ancient medicine. The most powerful Roman you've never heard of – Agrippina the ...
The Malabathrinum papyrus (P.Vindob. G 35250, Herakleopolis/Middle Egypt, 5th century CE) contains a recipe for an eye ...
BC, while Rome was still a minor city-state in the Italian peninsula, the ancient city of Cyrene flourished as one of the wealthiest places on Earth. Nestled on the North African coast in what is now ...