Schistosomiasis Schistosomiasis in Ancient Egypt: When Mummies Revealed a Global Parasite Disease In the early 20th century, a remarkable medical discovery quietly bridged ancient history and modern parasitology. While studying Egyptian mummies and anatomical specimens, French surgeon Theodor Bilharz identified evidence of a parasite later named Schistosoma haematobium embedded in the urinary bladder tissue of an ancient Egyptian mummy. This finding would forever change ho
