The Story of My Life from Childhood to Manhood, Vol. 2

Georg Moritz Ebers was a prominent German Egyptologist and novelist, renowned for discovering the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest medical texts. His academic journey included studying jurisprudence and Oriental languages, leading to professorships in Egyptian language and antiquities at Jena and Leipzig. Ebers conducted significant research in Egypt, contributing to the field with his notable work, Ägypten und die Bücher Moses, and editing the celebrated medical papyrus in 1874, further solidifying his legacy in Egyptology.