Georg Moritz Ebers German Egyptologist and novelist discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus of ca 1550 BCE named for him at Luxor Thebes in the winter of 187374 Now in the Library of the University of Leipzig the Ebers Papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywherethe other being the Edwin Smith Papyrus ca 1600 BCE...