Turin King List
| Turin King List | |
|---|---|
| Created | c. 1245 BCE | 
| Discovered | 1820 Thebes, Ottoman Egypt | 
| Discovered by | Bernardino Drovetti | 
| Present location | Turin, Piedmont, Italy | 
The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus thought to date from the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II (r. 1279–1213 BC), now in the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) in Turin. The papyrus is the most extensive list available of kings compiled by the ancient Egyptians, and is the basis for most Egyptian chronology before the reign of Ramesses II. The list includes the names of 138 kings. Other sources say that there were originally 223 names of kings in the document, of which 126 have survived (sometimes only partially). 97 names have been lost.