BARBARA BLOMBERG Vol. 4 - Ebers, Georg

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Résumé :
Georg Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) was a prominent German Egyptologist and novelist, widely recognized for his contributions to the study of ancient Egypt. He is particularly renowned for acquiring the Ebers Papyrus in 1872, a key medical text from ancient Egypt that contains valuable knowledge about the medical practices of the time. This papyrus is one of the oldest surviving medical documents in the world and helped cement Ebers' reputation in the field of Egyptology. Ebers was born in Berlin, Germany, and he pursued a career that spanned both scholarly and literary pursuits. He studied medicine, and his interests in ancient civilizations led him to Egyptology, where he made lasting contributions. In addition to his scholarly work, Ebers was also a prolific writer, publishing historical novels that often explored ancient Egypt. His literary works were quite popular during his lifetime, and he became one of the leading voices in promoting the study of ancient Egypt. In addition to his achievements in Egyptology, Ebers helped raise awareness about the importance of preserving ancient Egyptian culture and contributed to academic discussions on the ancient world....

Biographie:
Georg Moritz Ebers was a German Egyptologist and author who was born in Berlin on March 1, 1837, and died in Tutzing, Bavaria, on August 7, 1898. He bought the Ebers Papyrus, which is one of the oldest medical records from Egypt and is what made him famous. Georg Ebers was born in Berlin. He was the fifth child in a wealthy family of bankers and someone who made ceramics. After their father killed himself soon after Ebers was born, the children were raised by their mother alone. Smart people like Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the Grimm Brothers, and Alexander von Humboldt liked going to the club that his mother ran. Ebers studied law in Gottingen and Oriental languages and history in Berlin. Egyptology was something he studied in depth, so in 1865 he was made Dozent in Egyptian language and antiquities at Jena. In 1868 he was made professor. In 1870, he was hired as a professor at Leipzig to teach these topics. He went to Egypt twice for research reasons. His first important work, ?gypten und die B?cher Moses, came out in 1867 and 1868. In 1874, he edited the famous medical tablet called tablet Ebers, which he had found in Thebes (H. Joachim, 1890).