Paper delivered by Miriam Blanco at the 15th Spanish Congress of Classical Studies
15-19 July 2019, University of Valladolid (Spain)
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.