Fragments of Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Found [ Turin Kinglist ]

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Found stored between two sheets of glass in the basement of the Museo Egizio in Turin, the fragments belong to a 3,000-year-old unique document, known as the Turin Kinglist. Like many ancient Egyptian documents, the Turin Kinglist is written on the stem of a papyrus plant. Believed to date from the long reign of Ramesses II, the papyrus contains an ancient list of Egyptian kings. Scholars from the British Museum were tipped off to the existence of the additional fragments after reviewing a 1959 analysis of the papyrus by a British archaeologist. In his work, the archaeologist, Alan Gardiner, mentions fragments that were not included in the final reconstruction on display at the museum. After an extensive search, museum researchers found the pieces... Federico Bottigliengo, Egyptologist at the Turin museum, told Discovery News[,] "Unlike other lists of kings, it enumerates all rulers, including the minor ones and those considered usurpers. Moreover, it records the length of reigns in years, and in some cases even in months and days." Written in an ancient Egyptian cursive writing system called hieratic, the papyrus was purchased in Thebes by the Italian diplomat and explorer Bernardino Drovetti in 1822. Placed in a box along with other papyri, the parchment disintegrated into small fragments by the time it arrived in Italy. "The enumeration of the kings does not continue after the 17th Dynasty. We are confident that the recovered fragments will help reconstruct some of the missing parts as well as add new knowledge to Egyptian history and chronology."

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Museo Egizio, Torino | 3,000-Year-Old Document | For 100 years, archaeologists have been trying to piece together fragments to this 3,000-year-old document, written on a papyrus stem. The Egyptian document enumerates all the Egyptian kings and when they ruled. Newly found fragments to the document should help in piecing together the puzzle.

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BTTT

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Believed to date from the long reign of Ramesses II... "The enumeration of the kings does not continue after the 17th Dynasty."

Ramesses II was in the 19th. One of *those* topics.

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including the minor ones and those considered usurpers.....

Oh, you mean Obamacus Kenyus 1?

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"No comment."

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I get them all confused, even after 24 hours of “History of Ancient Egypt” lectures on CD.

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We will no longer tolerate the failed policies of the past that resulted in papyri in pieces. My trillion dollar rescue plan will result in a complete papyrus by 2012, with the first pieces being found for the lower and middle classes. The rich will have to buy their own pieces. I will fund my plan with a new cap and trade system. All profit will be prohibited and confiscated. Any business wanting to make a profit will have to buy profit credits, called Zeros.

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:’)

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