Qar (doctor) explained

Qar was a doctor during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, which lasted from about 2350 to 2180 BC. He was the royal physician.[1]

Adil Hussein discovered his tomb north of the pyramid of Sekhemkhet in 2001.[1] Qar died at the age of fifty years and his mummified remains were discovered by archaeologists in December 2006 in his mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt.[2] As with many other tombs in Saqqara, his tomb was re-used several times.[3]

Beside his mummy in the limestone sarcophagus, there were metal (bronze[3] or copper[4] [5]) model tools that were entombed alongside his remains. In press reports following the discovery of the tomb and in several publications, they are regarded as surgical instruments.[6] It was stated that they might be the oldest surgical tools in the world.[4] However, these types of model tools are common in many Old Kingdom burials of officials with different functions. They are not surgical instruments. They are model tools.[7] They, his mummy and the rest of the findings are in the Imhotep Museum at Saqqara.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Supreme Council of Antiquities Excavations . www.saqqara.nl . The Friends of Saqqara Foundation . 16 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160408235856/http://www.saqqara.nl/excavations/other-excavations/supreme-council-of-antiquities-excavations . 8 April 2016 . dead .
  2. News: Egypt finds 4,000-year-old doctor's mummy . . 24 March 2011.
  3. News: Too big for a coffin . Nevine . El-Aref . . 7–13 December 2006 . 1 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141118095241/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/823/he3.htm . 18 November 2014.
  4. Book: Hidden Treasures Of The Egyptian Museum:On Hundred Masterpieces From The ... - Zahi Hawass, Kenneth Garrett, Farouk Hosny - كتب Google. 9789774247781. 3 February 2016. Hawass. Zahi. 2002.
  5. Web site: Jean Philippe Lauer - Egypt Tourism Board. 3 February 2016.
  6. News: Jackson . Russell . Mummy of ancient doctor comes to light . . 24 March 2011.
  7. Khalil Messija, Hishmet Messiha: A New Concept about the Implements Found in the Excavations at Giza, In: ASAE 58, 1964, pp. 209–226.

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