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Museo Egizio Di Torino: Turin Royal Canon Restoration.
Presentation of the restoration of the Turin King List papyrus with a new exposition inside the Museo Egizio Di Torino on the occasion of the anniversary of the Jean-François Champollion deciphering of the Rosetta Stone and the birth of Egyptology. The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus dated to Ramesses II's reign (1290 a.C. - 1224 a. C). The papyrus is the most complete list available of kings compiled by the ancient Egyptians. Now is a series of small fragments after the disgregation during the transport in Italy made by Drovetti after the discovery in Luxor. The reconstruction was coordinated by Dr. Susanne Toepfer, head of the Papyrus Collection of the Museo Egizio with Myriam Krutzsch, papyrus restorer of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin with the scientific consultancy of Prof. Dr. Kim Ryholt, Egyptologist of the University of Copenhagen, who is one of the most important papyrus experts. Presentation of the restoration of the Turin King List papyrus with a new exposition on the occasion of the anniversary of the Jean-François Champollion deciphering of the Rosetta Stone and the birth of Egyptology. The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus dated to Ramesses II's reign (1290 a.C. - 1224 a. C). The papyrus is the most complete list available of kings compiled by the ancient Egyptians. Now is a series of small fragments after the disgregation during the transport in Italy made by Drovetti after the discovery in Luxor. The reconstruction was coordinated by Dr. Susanne Toepfer, head of the Papyrus Collection of the Museo Egizio with Myriam Krutzsch, papyrus restorer of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin with the scientific consultancy of Prof. Dr. Kim Ryholt, Egyptologist of the University of Copenhagen, who is one of the most important papyrus experts. (Photo by Ma
