Author(s)

Xinbo He ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of History and Culture, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

Corresponding Author

Xinbo He

ABSTRACT

In Deir el-Medina, the workmen can take a sick leave, take care of female and relatives help each other, the physicians treatment and are subsidized by their state subsidies, and magician casting spells and prayers for the living. They constitute the main content of the workmen health care in Medina. Based on the original historical materials, this paper tries to investigate the medical practices such as sick leave from workmen, physicians’ treatment, magic spell, and explore the general situation of the ancient Egyptian royal workmen health care, to arouse the attention of the Chinese academic circle to this problem.

KEYWORDS

Ancient Egypt, Deir el-Medina, royal workmen, health care

CITE THIS PAPER

Xinbo He, Overview of the Health Care of Royal Workmen in Ancient Egypt—Take Deir el-Medina as an Example. Social Medicine and Health Management (2024) Vol. 5: 17-23. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/socmhm.2024.050203.

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