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Mysterious Civilizations: Is There a Connection between Medicine and Architecture in Ancient Egypt and Peru?

The ancient Egyptian and Peruvian Civilizations are two of the earliest cultures in human history. Through medical and architectural similarities, we wish to show a possible connection between these two cultures. A literature search was conducted by searching the database of Medline, National Geogra...

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Autores principales: ReFaey, Karim, Clifton, William, Quinones, Gabriella C, Tripathi, Shashwat, Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6605966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281759
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4576
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author ReFaey, Karim
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description The ancient Egyptian and Peruvian Civilizations are two of the earliest cultures in human history. Through medical and architectural similarities, we wish to show a possible connection between these two cultures. A literature search was conducted by searching the database of Medline, National Geographic magazine, history books, and Google Scholar using the search terms: neurosurgery, pyramids, pyramidal architectures, ancient Egypt, ancient Peru, the connection between ancient Egypt and Peru. Both the ancient Egyptian and Peruvian Civilizations are well-known for their pioneering work in medicine and architecture; their accomplishments in these areas have been well-documented in the walls of uncovered tombs and discovered papyrus. Both these cultures also firmly believed in an afterlife and built pyramids to serve as tombs and homes for royalty in the afterlife. The sloping sides of the pyramids were inclined to signify the emergence of the physical body from Earth towards the Sun. Both civilizations independently pioneered the art of neurosurgery with different techniques and approaches. In this paper, we discuss the potential links between both civilizations. We recognize and appreciate the brilliance of these ancient cultures in mastering the medicinal and architectural sciences.
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spelling pubmed-66059662019-07-05 Mysterious Civilizations: Is There a Connection between Medicine and Architecture in Ancient Egypt and Peru? ReFaey, Karim Clifton, William Quinones, Gabriella C Tripathi, Shashwat Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo Cureus Medical Education The ancient Egyptian and Peruvian Civilizations are two of the earliest cultures in human history. Through medical and architectural similarities, we wish to show a possible connection between these two cultures. A literature search was conducted by searching the database of Medline, National Geographic magazine, history books, and Google Scholar using the search terms: neurosurgery, pyramids, pyramidal architectures, ancient Egypt, ancient Peru, the connection between ancient Egypt and Peru. Both the ancient Egyptian and Peruvian Civilizations are well-known for their pioneering work in medicine and architecture; their accomplishments in these areas have been well-documented in the walls of uncovered tombs and discovered papyrus. Both these cultures also firmly believed in an afterlife and built pyramids to serve as tombs and homes for royalty in the afterlife. The sloping sides of the pyramids were inclined to signify the emergence of the physical body from Earth towards the Sun. Both civilizations independently pioneered the art of neurosurgery with different techniques and approaches. In this paper, we discuss the potential links between both civilizations. We recognize and appreciate the brilliance of these ancient cultures in mastering the medicinal and architectural sciences. Cureus 2019-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6605966/ /pubmed/31281759 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4576 Text en Copyright © 2019, ReFaey et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_sort mysterious civilizations: is there a connection between medicine and architecture in ancient egypt and peru?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6605966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281759
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4576
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