Ancient Egypt Knowledge of the placenta goes back at least to ancient Egypt, where it was viewed as the seat of the soul. There was an Egyptian official with the title Opener of the Kings Placenta. An Egyptian text from the time of Akhenaten said that a human originates from the egg that grows in women.Joseph Needham, A History of Embryology, Cambridge 1959,pp. 19-25.
Ancient Egypt Knowledge of the placenta goes back at least to ancient Egypt, where it was viewed as the seat of the ,soul. There was an Egyptian official with the title Ope,ner of the Kings Placenta. An Egyptian text from the time of Akhenaten said that a human originates from the egg that grows in women.Joseph Needham, A History of Embryology Cambridge 1959pp. 19-25.