Paper delivered by Miriam Blanco at the 29th International Congress of Papyrology
July 28 — August 3, 2019, University of Salento, Lecce
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.