PHARAOH.SEThe most comprehensive ancient list of Egyptian pharaohs can be found in the so-called Royal Canon of Turin, a poorly preserved hieratic papyrus roll from the reign of Ramesses II. It is also known as the Turin King List, and is without a doubt the most significant king list of Ancient Egypt and was uncovered in 1824 by Jean-Francois Champollion in the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. Two-thirds of the papyrus is lost, having been broken into hundreds of tiny pieces during handling and transport to Italy after its discovery around 1820.
The papyrus underwent its third reconstruction in the summer of 2022. Only minor adjustments and additions were made to older reconstructions, as most of the fragments were already in the correct positions. As of April 2026, no publication of the reconstruction has yet been announced. We have waited for decades, so a few months or years more is nothing...