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- Title
Insects in ancient (Pharaonic) Egypt: a review of fauna, their mythological and religious significance and associated diseases.
- Authors
Kenawy, Mohamed A.; Abdel-Hamid, Yousrya M.
- Abstract
Based on the available and scattered reports, this article reviews the insects that were known to ancient Egyptians (butterflies and moths, honey bee, locust, praying mantis, beetles, ants, flies, mosquitoes, bed-bugs, fleas and head lice). The mythological and religious significance and associated diseases (malaria, filariasis, leishmaniasis and plague) of such insects were also included. The present status of the medically important insects and their borne diseases in modern Egypt were discussed. In conclusion, in spite of the large variety of insects occurring in Egypt at present, only few have been represented and named in ancient Egypt.
- Subjects
INSECTS; INSECT physiology; MALARIA; BEETLES; PRAYING mantis; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1687-8809
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21608/eajbsa.2015.12919