Egyptian ancient tombs are now inserted books. 4000 years ago, the illustration was incomprehensible to experts
On October 10, it was reported that British media said that the world's earliest book was found in the ancient tomb abandoned by archaeologists.
According to the website of the times on October 8, a century ago, the first group of Western archaeologists who came to the ancient tomb abandoned it because they found cigarette butts on the ground and thought that the grave robbers had taken the treasure from the tomb one step ahead of them.
Until now, people have found the real treasure in the tomb: the earliest known version of the world's first inserted book. It was a guide for ancient Egyptians to use after death. This book with both hieroglyphics and pictures was painted in the wooden coffin of a woman named Anhe 4000 years ago.
There are some spells in the book to drive away the demons that the tomb owner thinks he may encounter in the underworld. There are also some things that look like maps to modern people, so it is also known as the book of two roads. It depicts two tortuous roads - perhaps walking in the underworld and finally reaching its ruler Osiris (the king of Hades in ancient Egyptian mythology).
Foy & middot of the University of Chicago; Scarff said: 'in many ways, the book of two roads is the first illustrated book in history.' Skalf was not involved in the study. He added: 'it is the first illustrated guide to the holy land.'
The coffin with this book can be traced back to the reign of Pharaoh mentuhotep II around 2010 BC. This makes its history half a century earlier than any other version that has been found.
The fragment of the coffin with the book was found in a tomb at balsa monastery. The tomb was first built by American Egyptian antiquarian George middot; It was excavated by a Western archaeological team led by lesner. Lesner soon realized that the tomb had been looted by grave robbers, so he lost interest in it.
Until 2012, hako middot, an Egyptian archaeologist at the University of Leuven in Belgium; Dr. Williams and his team surveyed the site again and found several pieces of wood. But it was not until four years later that researchers found out what they were. Dr Williams said: 'when we realized that this was a Book of two paths, we were excited.'
According to the report, this kind of book is still a mystery. Mankind has found more than 20 books of two roads.