New publications of our resource in 2026 The initial phase of collecting data on LCF, accumulated prior to the 20th century, is largely complete. Next, we plan to analyze and synthesize thematic information, adding data from the 20th and 21st centuries. The work will focus primarily on: prevention, diagnosis, arthroscopy, plastic surgery, and endoprosthetics. October 28 , 2026 17cent.Akrotiri . Fresco. A depiction of the circumstances surrounding a hip joint injury. 20cent.bcAmenemhet . Fresco. A depiction of the circumstances surrounding a hip joint injury. 20cent.bcKhety . Fresco. A depiction of the circumstances surrounding a hip joint injury. 21cent.bcBaqetIII . Fresco. A depiction of the circumstances surrounding a hip joint injury. October 26 , 2026 Tweet of October 26, 2026 . Book announcement 1893GriffithFL Fresco. A depiction of the circumstances surrounding a hip joint injury. October 25 , 2026 Arkhipov SV. Medical Record. Bo...
The "Akrotiri Boxer Fresco", found on the wall of a room in a house in the town of Akrotiri on the island of Thera—a site destroyed by the Minoan eruption (late 17th century BCE). The image depicts a bout that may have served as the basis for the legend concerning an injury to the hip joint and the *ligamentum capitis femoris* (LCF), as described in the Book of Genesis:
25 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.26 And when he saw that he could not pre vail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him.…33 Therefore do the children of Israel not eat the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew that shrank. (1922LeeserI, Genesis (Bereshit) 32:25-26,33)
More about the plot in our work: Ninth month, eleventh day (2024АрхиповСВ) and Medical Record (2026ArkhipovSV).
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| The "Boxers" fresco from Akrotiri is a wall painting from a house destroyed by a volcanic eruption on the island of Santorini (Thera; late 17th century BC); photograph by Gleb Simonov (source: wikipedia.org, Public domain, color correction) |
External links
Leeser I. The twenty-four books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, on the basis of the English version after the best Jewish authorities and supplied with short explanatory notes by Isaac Leeser. New York: Bloch Pub. Co., 1922. archive.org
Архипов С.В. Девятый месяц, одиннадцатый день: Рассуждение о XXXII главе книги Бытие; 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. Йоэнсуу: Издание Автора, 2024. Google Books
Arkhipov SV. Medical Record: The Contribution of a Middle Bronze Age Egyptian Physician to the Book of Genesis. Kyrö: Author’s Edition, 2026. Google Books
Authors & Affiliations
An unknown
artist of the Minoan civilization, who worked in the town of Akrotiri on the
island of Thera prior to the eruption of the Santorini volcano (late 17th
century BCE).
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, image, damage, injury, mechanism, illustration, Bible
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