Egyptian Ancient Map. 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 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.
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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.
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 Map of ancient Egypt, showing the major cities and archaeological sites along the Nile River, from Abu Simbel in the south to Alexandria in the north . The ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton, also called Tell el-Amarna or Amarna, was the capital city built by Pharaoh Akhnaton.
Detailed map of Ancient Egypt and surroundings during reign of Ramesses II. Ancient egypt map. The 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 (known as Napoleon's Proconsul) in Egypt sometime before 1824 and now preserved in Turin's Museo Egizio. According to various sources, the map in question was found within a sealed tomb, inscribed on papyrus or carved into stone
. The ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton, also called Tell el-Amarna or Amarna, was the capital city built by Pharaoh Akhnaton. 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