The Magician doctor in Egypt and Africa during prehistoric times

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Lecturer of Egyptian Archeology - Faculty of Archeology - Aswan University

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Medicine and primitive therapy are among the most important topics associated with magic in prehistoric times, so it is difficult to study the first subject without studying the second topic, there is no doubt that the mediator between the two issues and the common factor between them is the doctor village, or the Village Wizard, or "Shaman", All names for the process of treatment and healing. Medicine was initially based on magic and spirituality before relying on medication therapy and surgery, although a prehistoric man knew how to perform simple surgeries using some stone tools, this has been proven by archaeological finds and stone tools which were found in some tombs and archaeological sites. There are many tools that had been attached to the magician doctor in prehistoric times, including masks and horns and some animal parts and some stone tools, these primitive tools were used since prehistoric times by the early doctor, and it is still used in primitive tribes in Africa.   Thus, the study shed light on the role of the magician in prehistoric times, to provide a reinterpretation of many of the archaeological finds associated with this subject, with a view that may be new and somewhat different, by comparing the findings of archaeological evidence, with some similar current practices Which is followed by a village doctor or magician in some African primitive tribes so far.
 

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