Thanks to the Egyptologists's Electronic Forum's newsletter for pointing out two articles available online free of charge:
John F. Henry, "The Social Origins of Money: The Case of Egypt",
16 pp, in PDF, 52 kB.
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/h/henryjf/PDFS/Egypt.PDF
An economist looks at the social and economic evolution of ancient Egypt and the introduction of a unit of account.
Bishoy Morris, "Surgery on Papyrus", in: student BMJ vol. 12
(Sept. 2004), 338-339; in PDF (179kB):
http://www.studentbmj.com/search/pdf/04/09/sbmj338.pdf
A medical student takes a look at Edwin Smith's papyrus, one of the oldest known surgical texts.
The EEF newsletter will appear online on Sunday in its usual location:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/4482/EEFNEWS.html
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