Palabras clave: aborto espontáneo, cordón umbilical, parteras, casas de parto, ladrillo de parto. Key words: miscarriage, umbilical cord, midwives, mammisi, birth brick. They contain descriptions that would be expected in the context of medical sources. Although the main sources are mythological-theological texts with numerous analogies, it is remarkable how many details they provide.
In this paper, I focus on the "scientific" depiction of the biological act of childbirth, on how it is described in non-medical sources. Besides the textual sources, the decoration of temple walls and mammisis (birth houses), as well as illustrations on a birth brick provide an insight into the moment of delivery. The medical and magical texts do not contain any descriptions of parturition itself, but there are some literary, astronomical and mythological texts, as well as a few incantations, which describe the biological act of childbirth and also miscarriage in more detail. Most of them are spells, incantations, remedies and prescriptions for the woman in labour in order to accelerate the delivery or protect the unborn child and parturient. Institute of Egyptology, University of medical and magical texts concerning childbirth and delivery are known from ancient Egypt. The physical activity of parturition in ancient Egypt: textual and epigraphical sources
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