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Some Ancient Egyptians Had State-Sponsored Healthcare

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State-sponsored healthcare might seem like a relatively modern concept, but Egyptian papyri texts dating back 3,100 to 3,600 years tell a different story.

These text were discovered during archaeological excavations of Deir el-Medina, a village occupied during ancient Egypt's New Kingdom period, which spanned between 1550 and 1070 B.C. The village was the home to the highly skilled craftsmen charged with creating rock-cut tombs for royalty in the Valley of the Kings.
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