World’s Earliest Papyrus Revealed Astonishing Facts About The Construction Of Great Pyramids
Mark Lehner, the head of Ancient Egypt Research Associates, who has worked on the pyramids and the Sphinx for 40 years, likened the discovery to having a time machine, and Zahi Hawass, an Egyptian archaeologist, and former chief inspector of the pyramid site and minister of antiquities, says that it is “the greatest discovery in Egypt in the 21st century.”
The method of constructing the Great Pyramid is somewhat revealed by the find of a prehistoric papyrus, a ritual boat and an innovative system of waterworks. Of course, no trace of extraterrestrial life is found, which means they play no part here, and could let several people down.
The ancient papyrus, however, does indicate that prehistoric Egyptians had a giant shipping, mining and farming economy to push their civilization forward and allow the building of one of the Wonders of the World.
The diary of Merer, a text composed over 4.5 millennia ago that depicts the routine life of workers carrying out the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, was unearthed by a combined team of French and Egyptian scientists. The text was found in a cave in Wadi al-Jarf, written with hieroglyphs and hieratic on papyrus in 2013, turning out to be the oldest ever discovered.
The diary originated from the 27th year during the rule of Pharaoh Khufu. It is abundant with archaeological material and depicts how thousands of adept workers shipped 170,000 tons of limestone along the Nile in wooden boat tied together with ropes from Tora to Giza.
Pierre Tallet from the Paris-Sorbonne University, made an astonishing find of a set of 30 caves honeycombed into limestone hills, hidden from view in a remote part of the Egyptian desert somewhat near the Red Sea, after following notes composed by an English traveler in the early 19th century and two French pilots in the 1950s.
The first excavation in 2011 stated that the caves had functioned as a kind of boat storage depot nearly 46 centuries before. Then, in 2013, he stumbled upon entire rolls of intact papyrus, whose texts were written in hieroglyphics, as well as hieratic, the cursive script used by ancient Egyptians for daily communication. Afterwards, Tallet found that he had seen the world’s earliest papyri.
Being the earliest Wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is also the last to remain intact. It took workers 20 years to build the construction on the plain of Giza before finishing in about 2560 BCE. Currently, the Pyramid is 139 m tall and is built with limestone quarried in Tora, across the river from Giza, and granite from Aswan, 800 km south.
The method of shipping the stone to the site has long been a controversy, at least until the discovery of the papyrus. How the limestone was taken from Tora on boats, one of which was revealed at the foot of the pyramids, were depicted by Merer. Stone blocks were ferried across the Nile in a series of purpose-built canals that delivered them as close to the construction site as possible.
The researchers also discovered that the port of Wadi al-Jarf played an important role. Copper was mined just across the narrow sea and transported to Giza through this port. It was used to make stonecutting instruments. The Great Pyramid has both fascinated and puzzled experts and it was the tallest building in the world for over 3,800 years!
The method of constructing the Great Pyramid is somewhat revealed by the find of a prehistoric papyrus, a ritual boat and an innovative system of waterworks. Of course, no trace of extraterrestrial life is found, which means they play no part here, and could let several people down.
The ancient papyrus, however, does indicate that prehistoric Egyptians had a giant shipping, mining and farming economy to push their civilization forward and allow the building of one of the Wonders of the World.
The diary of Merer, a text composed over 4.5 millennia ago that depicts the routine life of workers carrying out the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, was unearthed by a combined team of French and Egyptian scientists. The text was found in a cave in Wadi al-Jarf, written with hieroglyphs and hieratic on papyrus in 2013, turning out to be the oldest ever discovered.
The diary originated from the 27th year during the rule of Pharaoh Khufu. It is abundant with archaeological material and depicts how thousands of adept workers shipped 170,000 tons of limestone along the Nile in wooden boat tied together with ropes from Tora to Giza.
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Pierre Tallet from the Paris-Sorbonne University, made an astonishing find of a set of 30 caves honeycombed into limestone hills, hidden from view in a remote part of the Egyptian desert somewhat near the Red Sea, after following notes composed by an English traveler in the early 19th century and two French pilots in the 1950s.
The first excavation in 2011 stated that the caves had functioned as a kind of boat storage depot nearly 46 centuries before. Then, in 2013, he stumbled upon entire rolls of intact papyrus, whose texts were written in hieroglyphics, as well as hieratic, the cursive script used by ancient Egyptians for daily communication. Afterwards, Tallet found that he had seen the world’s earliest papyri.
Being the earliest Wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is also the last to remain intact. It took workers 20 years to build the construction on the plain of Giza before finishing in about 2560 BCE. Currently, the Pyramid is 139 m tall and is built with limestone quarried in Tora, across the river from Giza, and granite from Aswan, 800 km south.
The method of shipping the stone to the site has long been a controversy, at least until the discovery of the papyrus. How the limestone was taken from Tora on boats, one of which was revealed at the foot of the pyramids, were depicted by Merer. Stone blocks were ferried across the Nile in a series of purpose-built canals that delivered them as close to the construction site as possible.
The researchers also discovered that the port of Wadi al-Jarf played an important role. Copper was mined just across the narrow sea and transported to Giza through this port. It was used to make stonecutting instruments. The Great Pyramid has both fascinated and puzzled experts and it was the tallest building in the world for over 3,800 years!
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