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That Ankh Life The Complete List of Ancient Egyptian Papyri

The Complete List of Ancient Egyptian Papyri

WARNING! Primary Evidence Overload! Whether to fill your curiosity or help with your research, this list is some of the wisest answers to some of our deepest questions. Famous for writing in stone, ancient Egyptians also turned the pith of the Cyperus papyrus plant into scrolls of papyri (paper).

 

 

Even with the advantage of the most primary evidence still existing. We still have to work through pictures, translations, fakes, biases, literary fiction works, human mistakes, ancient propaganda, cognitive dissonance, etc.

Contrary to what many believe, the area of information with the most mysterious, naturally covered up, purposely hidden information that we know of, is of ancient Egypt. Research with diligence family.

 

At its most basic definition, Ancient Egypt is a term that we now use to describe a specific location. At the time it was actually called “Kemet”. The borders were much larger but it’s in the same place that we call Egypt today. Kemet means “black land”. Kem means “black”, and is the origin of the “chem” in chemical, chemistry, and alchemist.

 

Artifacts and writings have been in broad-face as well as hidden within the sands in Egypt. In fact, Ancient Kemet has the largest and oldest collection of ancient artifacts and writingsJust imagine what the world’s best-preserving element, salt (sand), has preserved deep in the deserts of North Africa.

 

And almost as if intentional, the sand-preserved artifacts so happen to speak on some of the largest and deepest questions that we have today as humans. It is also something that has been to this day part of a massive suppression of the information. Why? A lot of the information that we find in ancient writings contradicts much of what we have been taught in modern times in regards to history, religion, and science.

 

Of course just because it’s the oldest doesn’t mean it’s true, that goes for everything.  But what we can do is stack the evidence.

 

Interesting Facts about Ancient Egypt

 

Digging into Ancient Kemet can be fun, but it can also cause a paradigm shift, here are some interesting facts you will learn along your journey.

 

  • Ancient Egyptian Papyri inspired most religious texts
  • Still one of the sunniest places in the world. summer is March through November.
  • Women had equal rights and sometimes served as “King”. (a title for male or female ruler. “Queen originates from the the “kings whore”)
  • Incest was rare outside of royalty and mythology until after european invasion (family words have been interpreted loosely)
  • Ancient Egyptians were mostly vegan with minimum teeth cavities.
  • Most Pyramids were not “tombs”.
  • Pyramids were built by well paid skilled Kemetic builders, architects, and mathematicians. Not Slaves.
  • They practiced polygyny and pre-nuptials and no homosexuality until after european invasion.
  • The Great Pyramid has 8 sides, not 4, no hieroglyphics, and no mummy.
  • Ancient Egyptian were not polytheists. they believe in a “one, omnipresent, everything is god” concept. Their personifications and animorphocations of nature got mistranslated to gods
  • They Travelled the globe by air and sea.
  • The lost Egyptian city of Heracleion was found 320 feet underwater.
  • They had very high hygiene standards relative to their time.
  • Ancient Kemetians depicted themselves as medium and dark brown skin with black coils hair.
  • They had electricity, possibly wirelessly
  • Much of what we are just now discovering with modern technology in physics and astronomy, somehow they already knew.

The list could keep going. Here is where we give you some primary evidence. It’s not always the best place to start. but it is often requested.

 

This is not an exhaustive list yet. and papyri are constantly being found, bought, names, sold, lost and destroyed. But this list will continue to grow.

 

The Elephantine Papyri consist of 175 documents from the Egyptian border fortresses of Elephantine and Syene (Aswan), which yielded hundreds of papyri in Hieratic and Demotic Egyptian, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and Coptic, spanning a period of 2000 years.

 

Here are some of the other popular Ancient Kemetic Papyri, written hieroglyphs (MDU NTR), hieratic, demotic or in Greek. We will be delving more into these in posts to come. Be sure you’re subscribed if you’re not already.

 

Let’s get into it. This list is by no means exhaustive, but the vision for this list is that it will grow as new ancient papri are continuously being uncovered.  The plan is to also continuously be providing more updated and useful reference links.

 

List of Ancient Egyptian Papyri

 

Name Date:
Century BCE
Content Type Content Location: Institution City Country
Wadi al-Jarf Papyri 26th Official Records About pyramid construction Egyptian Museum in Cairo Cairo Egypt
Dryton and Apollonia Archive Ptolemaic Private Correspondence Family papers
Abusir Papyri 25th or later Official Records About Neferirkare Kakai
Moscow Mathematical Papyrus 21st Science / Math / Medical Mathematical problems and solutions Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Moscow Russia
Berlin Papyrus 21st or later Science / Math / Medical Medical and mathematical topics Berlin Germany
Westcar Papyrus 20th Literary Texts Tales of Magic Ägyptisches Museum Berlin Germany
Heqanakht papyri 20th Private Correspondence Private Correspondence of Heqanakht Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City USA
Papyrus Hermitage 1116A
Papyrus Moscow,
Papyrus Carlsberg 6
20th or later Official Records Instruction of Merikare
P. Leningrad 1115 20th or later Literary Texts Tale of the shipwrecked sailor Moscow Russia
Prisse Papyrus 20th or later Teaching and Instruction Instruction addressed to Kagemni
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
Bibliothèque Nationale Paris France
Papyrus Berlin 3023
Papyrus Berlin 3025
Papyrus Berlin 10499
20th or later Literary Texts The Eloquent Peasant Berlin Germany
Papyrus Butler 527 20th or later Literary Texts The Eloquent Peasant British Museum London UK
Papyrus Berlin 3024 20th or later Literary Texts L – Dispute between a man and his Ba, Herdsman’s Tale Berlin Germany
Hearst Papyrus 20th or later Science / Math / Medical Medical Texts U of Cal-Berkeley Berkeley, CA United States
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 19th or later Science / Math / Medical Mathematical problems and solutions British Museum London UK
Kahun Papyri 19th Science / Math / Medical Mathematical and medical topics University College London UK
Papyrus Berlin 3022 19th Literary Texts Story of Sinuhe Berlin Germany
Ramesseum medical papyri 18th Science / Math / Medical Medical texts
Papyrus Boulaq 18 18th Official Records Palace administration Egypt Cairo
London Medical Papyrus 18th Science / Math / Medical Medical texts British Museum London UK
Reisner Papyrus 18th Official Records Official records
Ipuwer Papyrus 17th Teaching and Instruction The Admonitions of Ipuwer Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden Netherlands
Papyrus Golenischeff 17th Hymn to the Red Crown
Edwin Smith Papyrus 16th or earlier Science / Math / Medical Medical Texts NY Academy of Medicine New York City United States
Ebers Papyrus 16th Science / Math / Medical Medical Texts University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany
Turin Erotic Papyrus 16th or later Unknown Animal and erotic cartoons Turin Italy
Millingen Papyrus (now lost) 16th or later Teaching and Instruction Instructions of Amenemhat
Papyrus of Ani 13th or later Teaching and Instruction F – Book of the Dead Cairo Museum Cairo Egypt
Turin King List 13th Official Records Kinglist Museo Egizio Turin Italy
Papyrus Sallier II 13th or later Teaching and Instruction The Satire of the Trades British Museum London UK
Papyrus Anastasi I 13th or later Teaching and Instruction Satirical letter British Museum London UK
Papyrus Harris I 12th Official Records Lists of endowments British Museum London UK
Judicial Papyrus of Turin 12th Official Records Report on the Harem conspiracy against Ramesses III
Papyrus Harris 500 12th or later Literary Texts Story and Poems British Museum London UK
Papyrus Pushkin I 12th or later Literary Texts Moscow literary letter
Turin Papyrus 12th Map Map Museo Egizio Turin Italy
Abbott Papyrus 12th Official Records Investigation of crimes
Leopold II and Amherst Papyrus 12th Official Records Investigation of crimes Musée d’arts Brussels Belgium
Mayer Papyri 12th Official Records Investigation of crimes
Chester Beatty Medical Papyrus 12th Science / Math / Medical Medical texts British Museum London UK
Papyrus British Museum 10474 12th Teaching and Instruction Instructions of Amenemopet British Museum London UK
Papyrus Lansing 12th Teaching and Instruction Schoolbook British Museum London UK
Papyrus Chester Beatty IV 12th Teaching and Instruction The Immortality of Writers British Museum London UK
Papyrus D’Orbiney 12th Literary Texts Tale of Two Brothers British Museum London UK
Papyrus Chester Beatty II 12th Literary Texts Tale of Truth and Falsehood British Museum London UK
Papyrus Chester Beatty I 12th Literary Texts Love poetry
Contention between Horus and Seth
Greenfield papyrus 11th Teaching and Instruction F – Book of the Dead British Museum London UK
Papyrus Moscow 120 11th or later Literary Texts Story of Wenamun
Papyrus Hood 10th Wordlist Onomasticon of Amenope British Museum London UK
Papyrus Berlin 3048 08th Private Correspondence Marriage contract Berlin Germany
Papyrus Rylands 9 06th Private Correspondence The petition of Pediese John Rylands Library Manchester UK
Brooklyn Papyrus 04th or later Science / Math / Medical Medical texts Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn United States
Papyrus Bremner–Rhind 04th Literary Texts The Songs of Isis and Nephthys. British Museum London UK
British Museum Papyrus 10508 04th or later Teaching and Instruction Instruction of Ankhsheshonq British Museum London UK
Papyrus Berlin 3008 04th or later Literary Texts The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys Berlin Germany
Cairo Museum Papyrus No. 30646 04th or later Literary Texts Setne I Cairo Museum Cairo Egypt
Cairo Museum Papyrus No. 30692 04th or later Literary Texts Setne I Cairo Museum Cairo Egypt
Vienna Demotic Papyrus 6165 04th or later Literary Texts Story-cycle of King Petubastis Vienna Austria
Leiden Demotic Papyrus I 384 04th or later Literary Texts The Myth of the Eye of the Sun
Papyrus Milbank 04th or later Transitioning Book of the Dead Oriental Institute Chicago USA
Milan Papyrus 03rd or later Literary Texts Poetry in Greek University of Milan Milan Italy
Carlsberg Papyri 02nd and later Scientific, Mathematical, Medical Medical texts University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
Insinger Papyrus 02nd or later Teaching and Instruction Instruction of Papyrus Insinger Leiden Netherlands
British Museum Papyrus 604. 01st or later Literary Texts Setne II British Museum London UK

 

 

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