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Topic: Heqanakht_papyri
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Milo Gardner

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Heqanakht_papyri
Posted: Aug 7, 2008 3:13 PM
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Dear list members.

To change the subject, is anyone interested in discussing the contents and/or implications of an Egyptian economic document:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heqanakht_papyri

For starters, a set of four 1900 BCE letters, may document the oldest known monetary system.

Comments?

Best Regards,

Milo Gardner

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