Mary the Jewess

alchemist who lived between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE in Alexandria

Mary the Jewess is an Egyptian alchemist who lived between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE in Alexandria.

The active career dates from 300.

Mary the Jewess is covered in 39 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Egypt.

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