Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Department of Arts, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Review Article   
  Therapeutic Pharmaca and Alchemy from Ancient Egypt, the Country of 'Two Lands' (Tauy)
  Author(s): Ana Maria Rosso*
  
  Objective: Egyptians officially divided their territory in "Two Lands" or (tAwy) (name in hieroglyphs) TAUY, the Upper and Lower Egypt, distinguishing also between the dark fertile land called (kmt) (name in hieroglyphs) Kemet, the official name of their country, considered the Beloved land or (tA-mri)(name in hieroglyphs) Ta-mery, and the arid desert landscape” or (dSrt) )(name in hieroglyphs) Deshret. We’ll try to determine what king of pharmacopoeia they obtained from both types of soils, related to their gods and symbolisms. The red color of the desert represented Seth, god of evil, chaos, diseases and death while the Osiris’ black and green colors indicated regeneration and continuous rebirth. Methods: From the Egyptian sources we could establish that the rich Black Land provided vegetal drugs, including alka.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0495.23.13.532

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