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Peppermint’s Phony Pharaonic Past

Dispelling the Myth of Mentha piperita in Ancient Egypt

Jesse Millek and Lutz Popko
History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals, September 2024, 66 (1) 4-25; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/hopp.66.1.4
Jesse Millek
Jesse Millek is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO), Leiden University .
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Lutz Popko is a Scientific Assistant at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig .
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vol. 66 no. 1 4-25
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https://doi.org/10.3368/hopp.66.1.4
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  1. Jesse Millek
  1. Jesse Millek is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO), Leiden University (j.m.millek{at}hum.leidenuniv.nl).
  1. Lutz Popko
  1. Lutz Popko is a Scientific Assistant at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig (lutz.popko{at}rz.uni-leipzig.de).
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    • Where Did Egyptian Pyramid Peppermint Come From?
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    • Was Peppermint Prescribed in the Ebers Papyrus?
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