The origins and dispersal of epidemic diseases have been the subject of much speculation (e.g. Zinsser, 1935; Brothwell & Sandison, 1967; McNeill, 1977; McKeown, 1988; Nikiforuk, 1991). Whilst the archaeological excavation of multiple apparently contemporary burials in pits may provide at the least circumstantial evidence for the occurrence of mass death by disease, most infections leave no spe...

Postmortem examinations have recently become common practice in Western medicine: they are used to verify the cause of death and to obtain additional scientific information on certain diseases, as well as to train medical students. For religious people of the monotheistic faiths postmortems present several ethical questions even though the advantages attributed to postmortems in the West are al...

There has been a long debate about the origins of science fiction literature in Egypt. Scholars who was first writer to include motifs genre, made references it and sought inspiration it. It is commonly assumed that beginnings Egypt date back late forties or early fifties last century, Taufīq al-Ḥakīm Yūsuf ‘Izz ad-Dīn ‘Īsàare mentioned as pioneers genre. But were they definitely writers allude...

The main objective of this paper is to estimate the cost of road traffic accidents in Egypt. The Human Capital (HC) approach, specifically the Gross-Loss-of-Output methodology, is adopted for estimation. Moreover, cost values obtained by previous national literature are updated using the inflation rates. The results indicate an estimated cost of road traffic accidents in Egypt of approximately ...

The genus Micatagla Argaman (Bradynobaenidae: Apterogyninae) is reviewed from Egypt, based on specimens collected from Wadi Allaqi (Aswan, Southern Egypt) and Kom Osheim (Fayoum) and those deposited in Egyptian insect collections as well as recorded data from the literature. A single species, Micatagla klugi (André), was previously recorded from Egypt. Micatagla allaqiensis sp. n., Micatagla ez...

Man began to learn drawing thousands of years ago, before he knew how read and write on the walls caves, slopes surrounding mountains, which continued remain throughout ages be evidence his progress development through era Pharaohs, golden age mural art wonderful artistic designs, as Egypt has a great history Arts, heritage ancient civilization that are unparalleled in any other world. Where Eg...