Found a diary of 4,500 year old pyramid builders

Last Tuesday, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo showed the country's oldest papyrus text: a 4,500-year-old document, documenting the daily workings of a worker build pyramids.

Based on the date of this text, archaeologists calculate that this worker lived in the era of pharaoh Khufu , the pharaoh has a tomb , the famous Giza Pyramid .

This piece of papyrus records the life of a construction worker, with the daily task of transporting giant stones to Cairo to build that great wonder.

The oldest papyrus text found in Egypt was brought on display on July 14th.

This paper was discovered in 2013 in an ancient harbor 119km from Suez City, by an archaeological team consisting of scientists from France and Egypt. These papyrus are the oldest of all papyrus found in Egypt, which include the daily workings of workers, transporting materials from the Red Sea port to the Kim construction site. Giza tower itself. One of them is the diary of the current government employee, documenting the details of the pyramid construction work.

Daily activities of workers are recorded in detail.

One of the papyrus pieces belonged to a worker named Marr, telling about the jobs he had to do for two months of work, including the transport of stones through the Nile's canal system.

Other papers describe the work of distributing food to workers, including figurative drawings of the number of sheep brought to the workers.

Another version is the work diary of Merer government employees, documenting the details of his work on the construction of the pyramid.

Culverts from other districts were taken to Cairo to serve the pyramid construction process.

"Payroll" 4,500 years old.

The papyrus also recorded the other Egyptian districts brought to the capital to feed and pay workers during construction. Different ink colors represent workers' salaries or different items.

Text of government employees at that time.

There are 6 papers of papyrus out of 30 exhibited. All of them are intended to show the way of governance and concentration of manpower, the resources of the country of Pharaoh Khufu.

What is hidden under the Giza Pyramid, Pharaoh Khufu's tomb?

For more than 4,500 years, the Egyptian pyramids kept themselves secret, hidden behind many tunnels and mazes in their thick walls.

Just recently, scientists have found a number of tunnels that have never been discovered before, which can lead to secret rooms, or answer questions that still exist on the tide. The pharaoh's great body is resting under the thick rock of Giza Pyramid.

A group of researchers used particle technology to scan the entire Giza Pyramid, to create a detailed map of the interior structure of this building. Research results will be announced later this month.