Edwin Smith

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Edwin Smith

American Egyptologist

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Edwin Smith papyrus
…Luxor in 1862 by American Edwin Smith, a pioneer in the study of Egyptian science. Upon his death in 1906, the papyrus was given to the New York Historical Society (renamed New York Historical in 2024) in New York City and turned over to American Egyptologist James Henry Breasted in…
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…Luxor in 1862 by American Edwin Smith, a pioneer in the study of Egyptian science. Upon his death in 1906, the papyrus was given to the New York Historical Society (renamed New York Historical in 2024) in New York City and turned over to American Egyptologist James Henry Breasted in…
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