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The Eye of Horus: The Connection Between Art, Medicine, and Mythology in Ancient Egypt.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	ReFaey, Karim Quinones, Gabriella C Clifton, William Tripathi, Shashwat Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo
Editor	Muacevic, Alexander Adler, John R
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	Ancient Egyptian civilization is one of the oldest cultures in human history. Ancient Egyptians are well-known for pioneering the fields of art, medicine, and the documentation of discoveries as mythological tales. The Egyptians mastered the integration of anatomy and mythology into artistic symbols and figures. The mythology of Isis, Osiris, and Horus is arguably one of the most recognized mythologies in ancient Egypt. The Eye of Horus was used as a sign of prosperity and protection, derived from the myth of Isis and Osiris. This symbol has an astonishing connection between neuroanatomical structure and function. Artistically, the Eye is comprised of six different parts. From the mythological standpoint, each part of the Eye is considered to be an individual symbol. Additionally, parts of the Eye represent terms in the series 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32; when this image is superimposed upon a sagittal image of the human brain, it appears that each part corresponds to the anatomic location of a particular human sensorium. In this manuscript, we highlight the possible scientific speculation of the ingenuity of ancient Egyptians' remarkable insight into human anatomy and physiology.
Journal	Cureus
Volume Number	11
DOI	10.7759/cureus.4731
PubMed Central reference number	PMC6649877
Issue Number	5
PubMed reference number	31355090
e-ISSN	21688184
Language	English
Publisher	Cureus
Publisher Date	2019-05-23
Publisher Place	Palo Alto (CA)
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	ancient egyptian neurosurgery eye of horus ancient egypt neurosurgery isis and osiris ancient egyptian mythology neuroanatomy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine

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