Some highlights from the Papyrus Carlsberg Collection

• Letter concerning building stones, c. 2000 BC
• Medical treatise from the New Kingdom, c. 1200 BC
• The Teaching for King Merikare, c. 1150 BC
• The Book of the Dead, c. 1000 BC
• An archive from Hawara, 3rd cent. BC
• Apologetic letter concerning loan of two books, 2nd cent. BC
• Oracle questions, 2nd cent. BC - 1st cent. AD
• Account from Edfu relating to the construction of the pronaos, 132/131 BC
• Nectanebo's Dream or The Prophecy of Petesis, 1st-2nd cent. AD
• Coptic medical codex in pocket size format, 6th cent. AD