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Paula Alexandra da Silva Veiga. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Historia e Cultura Pre-Classica em 2008 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Mestrado em Biomedical and Forensic Studies in Egyptology em 2008 pelo(a) The University of Manchester, Licenciatura em Informação Turística em 1996 pelo(a) Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões e Bacharelato em Gestão Hoteleira em 1989 pelo(a) Sociedade Internacional de Promoção de Ensino e Cultura. Frequenta o(a) Doutoramento em Egiptologia pelo(a) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Department für Kulturwissenschaften und Altertumskunde. Atua na(s) área(s) de Humanidades com ênfase em História e Arqueologia e Ciências Médicas e da Saúde com ênfase em Outras Ciências Médicas com ênfase em Ciência Forense. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: História antiga - Egipto; História das ciências - Egipto - Antiguidade.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paula Alexandra da Silva Veiga

Citation names

  • Veiga, Paula

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B114-23D3-D804
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4552-4532

Email addresses

  • pveiga@letras.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • https://lmu-munich.academia.edu/PaulaVeiga (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences - Forensic Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Arab Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09/30
Ongoing
 Egiptologia (Doutoramento)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Department für Kulturwissenschaften und Altertumskunde, Germany
"Green medicine: Osiris explainig some aspects of ancient Egyptian medicine" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
2008
Concluded
 Historia e Cultura Pre-Classica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"SAÚDE E MEDICINA NO ANTIGO EGIPTO: MAGIA E CIÊNCIA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Bom
2008
Concluded
 Biomedical and Forensic Studies in Egyptology (Mestrado)
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
"ONCOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN ANCIENT EGYPT The Ebers Papyrus’ Treatise on Tumours 857-877 and the cases found in ancient Egyptian human material" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Good
1996
Concluded
 Informação Turística (Licenciatura)
Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões, Portugal
 12
1989
Concluded
 Gestão Hoteleira (Bacharelato)
Sociedade Internacional de Promoção de Ensino e Cultura, Portugal
 12
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Veiga, Paula. Oncology and infectious diseases in ancient Egypt : the Ebers' Papyrus' treatise on tumours 857-877 and the cases found in ancient Egyptian human material. Saarbru¨cken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Mu¨ller. 2009.
    Published
Book review
  1. Veiga, Paula. "review of The Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (web review)". Review of The Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions -website 2, (2011): 311-319. https://resantiquitatis.hypotheses.org/contents-index-2.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Veiga, Paula. "Opium: was it used as a recreational drug in ancient Egypt". Paper presented in ATRA closing workshop - Trieste, May 25-26th, 2016, Trieste, 2016.
    Published
  2. Veiga, Paula. "A rescue from oblivion". Paper presented in CIPEG 2012, Bruxelas, 2012.
    Published
  3. Veiga, Paula. "The precursor of oncology and infectious diseases, The Ebers Papyrus’ Treatise on Tumors, 857-877 and the Phyto-pharmacopeia prescribed". Paper presented in Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt, Manchester, 2008.
    Published
  4. Veiga, Paula. "Preliminary Research on MNA E40". Paper presented in Current Research in Egyptology VIII, Swansea, 2007.
    Published
  5. Veiga, Paula. "To Prevent, Treat and Cure Love in Ancient Egypt". Paper presented in II International Congress for Young Egyptologists, Lisboa, 2006.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Veiga, Paula. Health and medicine in ancient Egypt: magic and science. Oxford, United Kingdom: BAR Archaeopress. 2009.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Veiga, Paula. "Some prevalent pathologies in ancient Egypt". Hathor - Studies of Egyptology 1 (2012): 63-83.
    Published
  2. Veiga, Paula. "Poking into medicine in ancient Egypt". I-Medjat 7 (2011): 14-18. http://www.culturediff.org/iMedjat.htm.
    Open access • Published
  3. Veiga, Paula. "Hepatoscopia/Hepatoscopy". GE Jornal Português de Gastrenterologia 18 3 (2011): 143-144. https://www.sped.pt/index.php/publicacoes/85-2011/452-ge-maio-junho-2011.
    Open access • Published
  4. Veiga, Paula. "O Fígado no antigo Egipto". 65 (2006): 50-52. http://ordemdosmedicos.pt/revista-da-ordem-dos-medicos/2006-2/no-65-fevereiro/.
    Open access • Published
Magazine article
  1. Veiga, Paula. "Studying Mummies and Human Remains: Some Current Developments and Issues", Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 2012, https://www.washacadsci.org/Journal/journalscans/.
  2. Veiga, Paula. "A Manual of Instructions for a Better Afterlife, formerly known as the Book of the Dead", Abgadiyat, 2012, https://brill.com/view/journals/abga/7/1/article-p13_1.xml.
    https://doi.org/10.1163/22138609-00701001
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Veiga, Paula Alexandra da Silva. "Saúde e medicina no antigo Egipto: magia e ciência". Master, 2008. http://catalogo.ul.pt/F/?func=item-global&doc_library=ULB01&type=03&doc_number=000534914.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/03/27 Green Osiris: explaining some aspects of ancient Egyptian medicine International Conference “Rethinking Osiris”
CAMNES (Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies) (Florença, Italy)
2018/11/16 Cancer in Ancient Egypt International Colloquium on Paleo-Oncology the Antiquity of Cancer
European Society for the History of Oncology and the Hellenic Medical Society-UK (Londres, United Kingdom)
2017/09/22 Disease and the ancient world - establishing a connection between some plants as ingredients for treatments in ancient Egypt (circa 3000 BCE-700) and their ‘divine’ origin International Symposium "Disease and the Ancient World"
Green Templeton College (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2016/07/11 A small Osiris coffin stored at the SMAEK, München CIPEG workshop
Museo Archeologico di Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
2015/04/13 Green Osiris, a divine intervention in ancient Egypt 'Flora Trade between Egypt and Africa in antiquity', ATrA Research Project (African Transitions: Linguistics and Cultural areas of transi
Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" (Napoli, Italy)
2014/08/27 The Resources of Porto’s University Natural History Museum; a glimpse over neglected and missing items from the Egyptian Collection annual CIPEG meeting 2014
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Copenhaga, Denmark)
2012/11/16 O papiro Ebers e o Tratado dos Tumores Seminários de Outono de Textos Científicos Antigos
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa (CIUHCT) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2012/09/27 A rescue from oblivion annual CIPEG meeting 2012
Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire (Bruxelas, Belgium)
2012/01/29 What science and history can learn from human remains Mummification Museum lectures
Mummification Museum (Luxor, Egypt)
2011/09/01 Some Ethics and Techniques for Collecting and Conserving Human Remains annual CIPEG meeting 2011
Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu (Poznan, Poland)
2011/03/16 Osiris Green Centro Studi Archeologia Africana lectures
Centro Studi Archeologia Africana (Milano, Italy)
2011/01/15 Osiris Green Egyptology Scotland Society lectures
Egyptology Scotland Society (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2010/11 Osiris Green, his body represented in medicinal plants AUC lecture
AUC American University Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)
2010/08/20 An overview of the Egyptian Collection of the National Museum of Archaeology in Lisboa (MNA), Portugal, with a brief reference to ongoing research projects annual CIPEG (International Committee for Egyptology) 2010
Francesco Tiradritti (Montepulciano, Italy)
2010/01/06 Osiris ‘green; his body represented in medicinal plants Current Research in Egyptology XI
University of Leiden (Leiden, Netherlands)
2009/01/29 O papiro Ebers e o Tratado dos Tumores
Secção de História da Medicina da Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2008/09/01 The precursor of oncology and infectious diseases, The Ebers Papyrus’ Treatise on Tumours, 857-877 and the Phyto-pharmacopeia prescribed The Pharmacy and Medicine in ancient Egypt Conference
The University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2008/04/22 A Special Gift from I World War, an Egyptian Mummy 3D Multidisciplinary Analysis
National Research Center (Cairo, Egypt)
2008/01/09 A Special Gift from I World War, an Egyptian Mummy 3D Multidisciplinary Analysis Current Research in Egyptology IX
The University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2007/04/20 A Preliminary Study of MNA E540, a Graeco-Egyptian Gemstone at the National Museum of Archaeology in Lisbon, Portugal Current Research in Egyptology VIII
University of Swansea (Swansea, United Kingdom)
2006/10/24 To Prevent, Treat and Cure Love in Ancient Egypt II International Congress for Young Egyptologists
Museu da Farmácia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2006/09/01 Magic in Medicine in ancient Egypt Fourth Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists
University of Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
2006/04 Magic in Medicine in ancient Egypt Current Research in Egyptology VII
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2005/01 Health in ancient Egypt Current Research in Egyptology VI
University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2005 - 2006/10/26 II International Congress for Young Egyptologists (2006/10/23 - 2006/10/26)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016/01/01 - Current CIPEG - ICOM Committee for Egyptology membro
2010 - Current the International Association of Egyptologists member

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019/11/25 - Current A Arte da Cura Medicina no antigo Egipto