Secrets Of Maxims Of Ptahhotep – Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Is Still Relevant Today

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The history of ancient Egypt may sometimes seem very distant, but people living thousands of years ago had many problems and feelings that trouble us today.

During the Fifth Dynasty (2,500 B.C. – 2,350 B.C), Egyptian Vizier Ptahhotep, occasionally known as Ptahhotep I, Ptahhotpe or Ptah-Hotep wrote several instructions based on his wisdom and experiences.

His precious text contains advice on how to live your life, and much of what he wrote is still highly relevant today.

The Maxims of Ptahhotep influenced later philosophical works, and his work is one of the first Egyptian books.

This precious ancient text was discovered in Thebes in 1847 by Egyptologist M. Prisse d’Avennes. There are four copies of the Instructions, and the only complete version, Papyrus Prisse, is located in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

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