A Thorny Path, Vol. 12

Georg Moritz Ebers, a prominent German Egyptologist and novelist, is renowned for discovering the Ebers Papyrus, a significant ancient medical document. His academic journey included studies in jurisprudence and Oriental languages, leading to professorships in Egyptian language and antiquities at Jena and Leipzig. Ebers made notable contributions to Egyptology through scientific expeditions to Egypt and published influential works, including "Ägypten und die Bücher Moses" and the edited translation of the Ebers Papyrus in 1874.