Ancient Papyrus Reveals How The Great Pyramid Of Giza Was Built
By Alfredo Carpineti
25 Sep 2017, 16:21
In a new documentary, aired by Channel 4 on British television last week, archaeologists presented new evidence describing how the Great Pyramid was constructed. The new insight comes from papyrus discovered in the ancient port of Wadi al-Jarf, on the Red Sea.
Among the documents discovered there over the last six years, a joint French-Egyptian team unearthed the diary of Merer, an official involved in the construction of the Great Pyramid. The researchers were able to reconstruct three months in this ancient Egyptian’s life. The documents are more than 4,500 years old, and some of the oldest papyri ever found. They give us a glimpse into Egyptian life under Pharaoh Khufu and the only first-person account of the Great Pyramid's construction.
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