Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli and Giorgia Pausillo at the International Conference PONTES X: Die antike Literatur und die Wissenschaftliche Revolution, organized by the ERC project Pontes.
September 23-25, 2021, University of Innsbruck
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.