ANCIENT EGYPT LECTURE

October 22, 7:30pm - 8:30am
Mānoa Campus, Art Auditorium, ART BUILDING

HEALTHMAKING IN THE PAST WHAT ANCIENT EGYPT CAN TEACH US ABOUT LIVING HEALTHIER PROFESSOR ANNE AUSTIN University of Missouri Dr. Austin draws from over a decade of her research at Deir el-Medina, a New Kingdom village in ancient Egypt for the skilled artisans who cut and decorated the royal tombs. By combining evidence from human remains with the site鈥檚 rich collection of texts, we can reconstruct how Deir el-Medina鈥檚 residents experienced health, illness, and care more than 3,000 years ago. We can see how the people of Deir el-Medina were healthmakers鈥攗sing their social, economic, and medical knowledge in combination to improve the health of themselves and their community. These factors help explain why some people stayed healthier than others, both in the past and today. By looking beyond a purely biomedical understanding of medicine, this talk reveals how community, environment, and daily life shaped health in ancient Egypt. In doing so, it offers a new way of understanding ancient Egyptian society鈥攁nd shows that some of the most important lessons about health may come from the deep past.


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FREE

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RLAC , Mānoa Campus

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ROBERT J LITTMAN, 8082268518, littman@hawaii.edu

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