Paper delivered by Miriam Blanco at the 15th Spanish Congress of Classical Studies
July 15-16, 2019, University of Valladolid
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.