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Illness and Diseases


Famine, Plague, etc.



5 subcategories
Famine

FAMINE

Insanity

INSANITY

Leprosy

LEPROSY

Patients and Invalids

PATIENTS AND INVALIDS

Plague

PLAGUE

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Two wooden heads (1st BCE), ex-voto, from the Gallo-Roman cult place at the source of the Seine River, St. Germain sur Seine, France.
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Two wooden heads (1st BCE), ex-voto, from the Gallo-Roman cul...

Wooden ex-voto (1st BCE) from the Gallo-Roman cult place at the source of the Seine River, St. Germain sur Seine, France.
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Wooden ex-voto (1st BCE) from the Gallo-Roman cult place at the source...

Wooden ex-voto (1st BCE) from the Gallo-Roman cult place at the source of the Seine River, St. Germain sur Seine, France.
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Wooden ex-voto (1st BCE) from the Gallo-Roman cult place at the source...

Gallbladder. Wooden ex-voto (1st BCE), from the Gallo-Roman cult place at the source of the Seine River, St. Germain sur Seine, France.
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Gallbladder. Wooden ex-voto (1st BCE), from the Gallo-Roman cul...

Two starving Egyptians. Relief from the access ramp of the pyramid of Ounas, last king of the 5th Dynasty (2420 BCE) from Saqqara, Egypt. Pyramid Era, Old Kingdom. Limestone,38 x 20 x 1,4cm E 17381
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Two starving Egyptians. Relief from the access ramp of the pyramid of...

Sandstorm over Karnak.
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Sandstorm over Karnak.

The Voyage to Punt: King and Queen of Punt receiving presents. The Queen suffers from Elephantiasis. Coloured limestone relief, temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Maat Ka-Re) (1495-1475 BCE), Deir el-Bahri. 18th Dynasty (1554-1305 BCE), New Kingdom
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The Voyage to Punt: King and Queen of Punt receiving presents. The Queen suff...

The "Famine Stele",although written in Ptolemaic times, tells of a seven-year famine during the reign of the Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE). This is one of the more than 250 inscribed stones on Seheil Island, South of Assuan, Egypt.
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The "Famine Stele",although written in Ptolemaic times, tells of a seven-year fa...

Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE) prays to the god Khnum, to end a seven-year drought and famine. The stele is one of more than 250 inscribed stones written during the Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE).
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Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dyna...

Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE) prays to the god Khnum to end the seven-year drought and famine. The stele is one of more than 250 inscribed stones written in the Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE).
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Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dyna...

Talisman protecting against fever, from Deir el-Medineh 20th dynasty. Papyrus and black ink,H:9,9 cm,L: 20,8 cm. E 32310
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Talisman protecting against fever, from Deir el-Medineh 20th dynasty....

A child, dedicated to Eshmun, god of healing. Marble figure
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A child, dedicated to Eshmun, god of healing. Marble figure