Egypt: papyrus expose the oldest found so far – lagranepoca

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The famous Museum Cairo first exhibition from Thursday the oldest papyri found to now, dating from the era of Pharaoh Cheops, who reigned in ancient Egypt more than 4500 years ago.

This unique manuscript was discovered with other papyri in 2013 by a team of French and Egyptians in the region of Wadi Al Jarf, southeast of Cairo, on the banks of the Red sea archaeologists.

the document mentions the construction of the great pyramid of Giza, west of Cairo . “This is the oldest written text” discovered in Egypt, said Thursday AFP Sayed Mahfouz, one of the archaeologists of the Franco-Egyptian team that won the discovery.

The papyrus was found in pieces. “There are more than a thousand pieces,” he said.

It will be exposed two weeks in the Cairo Museum where are conserved the most beautiful pieces of Pharaonic treasures of Egypt.

This papyrus “tells the everyday and the way of life of the workers of the port (Wadi Al Jarf),” according to a ministry statement Antiquities. “He says that the workers involved in the construction of the Great Pyramid” of Cheops in Giza.

The pyramid is considered one of the seven wonders of the world of antiquity, built over 4,500 years ago. “A Journal of Public inspector Merer (the beloved in Pharaonic language) shows that the reign of Cheops exceeded 26, Mahfuz said.

Before the discovery of the papyrus were few details available about the duration of the kingdom the famous pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty.

the public inspector Merer led a team of 40 sailors, the statement of the ministry of Antiquities.

the papyrus records “work his team, carrying blocks of limestone deposits Torah, on the banks of the Nile, toward the pyramid of Cheops on the Giza plateau, “the source said.

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