Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli at the XIII Symposium Syriacum – XI Congress d’études arabes chrétiennes
July 4-9, 2022, Paris
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.