EGYPTIAN TABLET

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Date

1301-1213 BCE

Description

A photograph of an Egyptian tablet captioned “Polio 3000 Years Ago: Egyptian tablet is probably earliest pictorial record of the disease,” depicting Ramesses II, Pharoh of Egypt who was believed to have polio.

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Citation

“EGYPTIAN TABLET,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed May 11, 2025, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/6371.