It received little attention, and when donated to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin in 1886, remained untranslated, displayed as an unknown curio. The Westcar papyrus was discovered by Henry Westcar during his travels through Egypt in 1823-24, but the ‘where’ and ‘how’ are details that have been lost to time. Still, the Westcar papyrus contains some of the oldest Egyptian stories known to date. While the tales tell of the great King Khufu from the Old Kingdom, the writing is dated towards the end of the Middle kingdom, some 4,000-6,000 years later. The Papyrus contains 5 stories, told about the court of the King Khufu (also known as Cheops) who ruled during the 4 th dynasty, and is famed as the commissioner of the great pyramid of Giza.
The Westcar Papyrus, also known as The Fairytales of the Papyrus Westcar or Tales of Wonder is an ancient Egyptian text dating somewhere between 18-16 th BCE, which is currently housed in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.
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