Egyptian Ancient Map. These maps of ancient Egypt seek to highlight representative aspects of the country: historical development, locations of major constructions, Egypt as we know it today and the always important River Nile, that contributed to the growth of the ancient Egyptian civilization. The Turin papyrus - an ancient Egyptian mining map, it is drawn on a 9 foot by 1.3 foot long, dated to 1150 BC, and was prepared for an expedition to the Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert led by king Ramesses IV, searching for blocks of bekhen-stone to be carved into statues of the god-king
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The ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton, also called Tell el-Amarna or Amarna, was the capital city built by Pharaoh Akhnaton. The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map that is generally considered to be the oldest surviving topographical and geological map of the ancient world - there are some older maps from outside Egypt, thought these have been described as rather crude, and more abstract in comparison with the Turin Papyrus Map
The ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton, also called Tell el-Amarna or Amarna, was the capital city built by Pharaoh Akhnaton. The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map that is generally considered to be the oldest surviving topographical and geological map of the ancient world - there are some older maps from outside Egypt, thought these have been described as rather crude, and more abstract in comparison with the Turin Papyrus Map According to various sources, the map in question was found within a sealed tomb, inscribed on papyrus or carved into stone
. The map came from a private tomb in the ancient village of Deir el‐Medina, near the modern‐day city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt (Fig An ancient Egyptian map drawn on a scroll of papyrus paper was discovered between 1814 and 1821 by agents of Bernardino Drovetti, the French Consul General in Egypt
. Interactive Map; Deities in Ancient Egypt; Time Periods of Ancient Egypt; Collection These maps of ancient Egypt seek to highlight representative aspects of the country: historical development, locations of major constructions, Egypt as we know it today and the always important River Nile, that contributed to the growth of the ancient Egyptian civilization.