Turin Papyrus
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Turin Papyrus refers to any papyrus manuscript in the collection of the Museo Egizio
(Egyptian Museum) at Turin
, Italy. The best known of these manuscripts include:
Museo Egizio
The Museo Egizio is a museum in Turin, Italy, specialising in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo...
(Egyptian Museum) at Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, Italy. The best known of these manuscripts include:
- Turin Papyrus MapTurin Papyrus MapThe Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world. It is drawn on a papyrus reportedly discovered at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, collected by Bernardino Drovetti in Egypt sometime before 1824 AD and now...
- Turin King ListTurin King ListThe Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is a hieratic papyrus thought to date from the reign of Ramesses II, now in the Museo Egizio at Turin...
- Judicial Papyrus of TurinJudicial Papyrus of TurinThe Judicial Papyrus of Turin is an ancient Egyptian record of the trials held against conspirators plotting to assassinate Ramesses III in what is referred to as the "Harem Conspiracy"...
- Turin Erotic PapyrusTurin Erotic PapyrusThe Turin Erotic Papyrus is a famous ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll-painting that was created during the Ramesside Period...