Homo Sum, Vol. 2

Georg Moritz Ebers was a prominent German Egyptologist and novelist, renowned for discovering the Ebers Papyrus, one of the earliest medical texts. His academic journey included studying jurisprudence and Oriental languages, leading to professorships in Egyptian language and antiquities at Jena and Leipzig. Ebers conducted significant research in Egypt, contributing to the field with his notable work, Ägypten und die Bücher Moses, and his pivotal editing of the medical papyrus in 1874, which solidified his legacy in Egyptology.