| Egyptian Journal of Archeological and Restoration Studies

Authors:
Faragalla, M. ¹ , Raafat, M. ² & Shalaby, N. <sup>2

1</sup> PhD Candidate, Tourism, Guidance dept. Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Management Tourism, Helwan, Egypt
² Tourism, Guidance dept. Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Management Tourism, Helwan, Egypt

Abstract:
This research aims to demonstrate the methods in which Egyptian physicians, Greek physicians and Roman physicians treated two types of mental illnesses, which were prevalent in ancient Egypt, Greek society and Roman society. This research also aims to prove that large numbers of ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans suffered hysteria and insomnia by examining the scenes of tombs, medical papyri and Greaco-Roman texts. This research also aims to analyze the customs of ancient Egyptian society, Greek society and Roman society, and their impacts on their mental health, and it also shows the impact of Egyptian medicine on Greek medicine and Roman medicine, where Greek physicians followed therapeutic methods, which were used by the Egyptian physicians to treat mysterious diseases or mental illnesses. This paper also discusses the difference between the Egyptian concept of mental illnesses and the Greek concept, and it also shows the development of the concept of mental illnesses, which were used in ancient Egypt till the Greaco-Roman period.

Keywords:
Mental illnesses Hysteria Insomnia Domestic violence Defense mechanism

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