The Turin Papyrus Map, also known as the Mine Papyrus or "Goldmine Papyrus", is an ancient Egyptian map on papyrus, dated to 1155–1150 BCE and preserved in the Museo Egizio in Turin. It is generally considered one of the earliest known geographical maps, the oldest surviving topographic map from ancient Egypt and the world's oldest surviving geological map. The map was drawn on the recto of the papyrus and represents the Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert, while the verso contains unrelated texts in hieratic.
History of the artefact and scholarship
left|thumb|The Turin Papyrus Map on display at the Museo Egizio in 2019.
The papyrus probably comes from Deir el-Medina, the ancient village of the workmen of the Theban royal necropolis.
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File:Turin Papyrus (geological map) - Museo Egizio Turin C 1879 1969 1899 p01.jpg|Recto of the Turin Papyrus Map, with the map of Wadi Hammamat. New Kingdom, Twentieth Dynasty, 1155–1150 BCE; Museo Egizio, Turin (Cat. 1879+1969+1899+2082/174+2083/182).
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Verso texts
The verso of the papyrus was reused for well over a dozen texts and several drawings. Lister also notes that Miura incorrectly described the object as being kept in Milan, whereas the papyrus is preserved in the Museo Egizio in Turin.