Egyptian FGM and Coptic timeline
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A papyrus dated from 163 BC refers to the operation being performed on girls in Memphis, Egypt, to coincide with the time when they received their dowries.Athanasius, bishop of QusThe German orientalist, Hiob Ludolphus, in his Historia aethiopicaBrowneLarreyBurckhardtPeriodi
spell or prayer found on an Egyptian coffinAgatharchides of CnidusStrabo (64 or 63 BC – c. AD 24), a Turkish-born Greek geographer, observed the practice whilst travelling up the Nile.Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BC – 50 AD) in his ‘Questions on Genesis’Greek physician Galen (129-c. 200 AD)Soranus of Ephesus (1st/2nd century AD)Aëtius of Amida describes a clitoridectomy, citing the physician PhilomenesAl-Nawawi (d. 1277)James Bruce in his account of his journey in AfricaIslamic Occupation of EgyptCoptic Erapre-Coptic Era
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