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The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River valley for agriculture. The predictable flooding and controlled irrigation of the fertile valley produced surplus crops, which supported a more dense population, and social development and culture.
The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle-ranking official with the title inspector (sḥḏ, sehedj).
Emmanuel de Rougé, who began studying Egyptian in 1839, was the first person to translate a full-length ancient Egyptian text; he published the first translations of Egyptian literary texts in 1856. In the words of one of de Rougé's students, Gaston Maspero , "de Rougé gave us the method which allowed us to utilise and bring to perfection ...
Ancient Egyptian literature has been preserved on a wide variety of media. This includes papyrus scrolls and packets, limestone or ceramic ostraca, wooden writing boards, monumental stone edifices and coffins. Texts preserved and unearthed by modern archaeologists represent a small fraction of ancient Egyptian literary material.
The Egyptian book of the dead : the book of going forth by day : being the papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings) : including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the Theban Recension compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the roots of Egyptian civilization / written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by ...
Egyptian Museum [1] Cairo Egypt Abusir Papyri: 25th or later O - about Neferirkare Kakai: Moscow Mathematical Papyrus: 21st S - Mathematical problems and solutions Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts: Moscow: Russia Berlin Papyrus: 21st or later S - Medical and mathematical topics Egyptian Museum of Berlin: P. Berlin 6619 Berlin: Germany Dramatic ...
Throughout ancient Egypt's history, Philae was held in high regard as one of the supposed burial places of the god Osiris. [1] As it was located in the far south of Egypt, it was historically an important place of pilgrimage for followers of the Egyptian religion to the south of Egypt, particularly the populace of the Kingdom of Kush ( c. 1000 ...
Papyrus Anastasi I (officially designated papyrus British Museum 10247) [1] is an ancient Egyptian papyrus containing a satirical text used for the training of scribes during the Ramesside Period (i.e. Nineteenth and Twentieth dynasties). One scribe, an army scribe, Hori, writes to his fellow scribe, Amenemope, in such a way as to ridicule the ...