Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli at the International conference Magia, Cultura y Sociedad en el undo Antiguo / Magic, Culture and Society in the Ancient World
30-31 May 2019, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona)
The AlchemEast project is devoted to the study of alchemical theory and practice as it appeared and developed in distinct, albeit contiguous (both chronologically and geographically) areas: Graeco-Roman Egypt, Byzantium, and the Near East, from Ancient Babylonian times to the early Islamic Period.