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Turin Papyrus
The world oldest paper map of Ramses IV
Found by the French in Luxor 1824. The map dates back to 1150 BC and shows a 15 km stretch of Wadi Hammamat in the central part of Egypt’s Eastern Desert. It was prepared for one of the quarrying expeditions sent to Wadi Hammamat by king Ramesses IV (1156-1150 BC) of the New Kingdom’s 20th Dynasty. The purpose of these expeditions was to obtain blocks of bekhen-stone that would be carved into statues of the gods, king and other notables.
Muslim Geographers
10th-16th centuries
TOP 10 MAPS FROM MUSLIM CIVILISATION, WHEN NORTH WAS SOUTH AND SOUTH WAS NORTH, TOWARDS MECCA
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