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Abusir Papyri
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The Abusir Papyri are the largest find of papiri so far. They are from the Old Kingdom in ancient Egypt.[1][2]
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The first papyri were discovered in 1893 at Abu Gorab near Abusir in northern Egypt.
They were written about the 24th century BC during the Fifth dynasty of Egypt. They are just fragments, but they are some of the oldest surviving papyri we have.[3] Later on many more fragments were found in the area.