The ancient Egyptians were sophisticated practitioners ... These illnesses, they believed, were the work of demons controlled by the goddess Sekhmet, who took the form of a lioness and was thought ...

This included two PhD students to create a relational database to catalogue a sample of these ancient Egyptian demons. This project is led by Dr. Kasia Szpakowska, Associate Professor of Egyptology in ...

Only a few Egyptian mugs decorated with the head of Bes — an Egyptian god or guardian demon involved in protection ... rituals and myths documented about ancient Egyptian civilization.

The mug is decorated with the face of the demon Bes. Chemical analysis revealed evidence of plants with psychotropic and medicinal properties in the mug, the first evidence of ancient Egyptian use.