Georg Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) was a German novelist and Egyptologist who discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, circa 1550 BCE, named for him. Ebers" novel is about Barbara Blomberg (1527-1597), a singer who was mistress of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and giving birth to Don John of Austria who became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, Philip of Spain.