In its Western form, alchemy is first attested in a number of pseudepigraphical texts written in Greco-Roman Egypt during the first few centuries AD.
ɪn ɪts wˈɛstɚn fˈɔːɹm, ˈælkəmi ɪz fˈɜːst ɐtˈɛstᵻd ɪn ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv sjˌuːdɪpɪɡɹˈæfɪkəl tˈɛksts ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɪn ɡɹˈiːkoʊɹˈoʊmən ˈiːdʒɪpt dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə fˈɜːst fjˈuː sˈɛntʃɚɹiz ˌeɪdˈiː.