Archaeologists discovered the tomb of a doctor who treated the ancie Egyptian pharaoh in Saqqara.
Archaeologists excavating in Saqqara, Egypt, discovered the 4100-year-old tomb of a physician named Tetinebefou, who personally treated Pharaoh.
Although the tomb’s objects were looted, the group of Swiss-French archaeologists who made the discovery were able to study the tomb’s frescoes and hieroglyphic inscriptions that describe the position of the physician and various objects that may have been used in healings, LiveScience wrote. They have depicted that his medicine has been used.
This doctor had the title of “the hand of the goddess Sarket” (an ancie Egyptian goddess who was associated with the scorpion and was believed to be able to protect against scorpion stings).
“Philippe Colombert”, the head of the Swiss-French exploration group and Egyptologist at the University of Geneva, said in an ierview with “Live Science”:
Having this title mea that this doctor specialized in treating poisonous bites.
According to “Columbert”, according to the inscriptions, this doctor was “superiende of medicinal plas”, a title found in only one other discovery from ancie Egypt. In addition to these titles, the inscriptions meion that he was the “chief deist”; Another rarely seen title.
According to Roger Forsha, Honorary Lecturer at the Ceer for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester, evidence of ancie Egyptian deists is very scarce. The title suggests that Tetinebefou was at the height of his profession.
“Columbert” explained that he was definitely the main physician in the royal court, so he personally treated the pharaoh.
The “Tetinebefou” tomb is decorated with colorful wall paiings that depict differe types of vessels such as jars and something like a vase. Colorful abstract images and geometric shapes are also seen in these murals.
The walls are paied with bright and lively colors! It’s easy to forget that they are 4,000 years old! It is not known which pharaohs this doctor served. He may have served under Pepys II (ruled from 2246 BC to 2152 BC) or one or two other pharaohs who ruled in later years.
No human remains were found in this tomb.
