Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli at the workshop X Seminario sulla scienza antica e la sua tradizione
September 26-17, 2019, Palazzo Feltrinelli (University of Milano), Gargnano
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.