The Red Sea Scrolls

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The Red Sea Scrolls. Pierre Tallet?s discovery of the Red Sea scrolls ? the world?s oldest surviving written documents ? was one of the most remarkable moments in the recent history of Egyptology. These papyri, written some 4,600 years ago, combined with Mark Lehner?s research and theories, change what we thought we knew about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Here Tallet and Lehner together give us the definitive account of this astounding discovery.

The story begins with Tallet?s hunt for hieroglyphic rock inscriptions in the Egyptian deserts, leading up to the discovery of the papyri ? the diary of Inspector Merer, who oversaw workers in the reign of King Khufu ? in Wadi el-Jarf,