The Blinding of Truth by Falsehood

The Tale of Truth and Falsehood or the The Blinding of Truth by Falsehood is a story of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period in ancient Egyptian history. Only part of the story survives.^[1] The story occurs upon the Papyrus Chester Beatty 2.^[2] According to Miriam Lichtheim, the papyrus dates from the Nineteenth dynasty.^[3] The only extant copy is held at the British Museum.^[4]

References

^ "Egyptian Literary Compositions of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period". Digital Egypt. University College London. http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/literature/literaturelateegyptian.html. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ "The Chester Beatty Egyptian Papyri". The British Museum Quarterly (British Museum) 5 (2): 46–47. September 1930. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4421178. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ Miriam Lichtheim (21 March 1978). Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume II: The New Kingdom. University of California Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-520-03615-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=nN2jfpSbk2kC&pg=PA211. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ "Group of manuscripts from Deir el-Medina". Digital Egypt. University College London. http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/writing/library/dem.html. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

External links

"Papyrus Chester Beatty 2 (image AN419293001)". The British Museum. The British Museum. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=111739&partid=1&output=Places%2F!!%2FOR%2F!!%2F35545%2F!%2F35545-3-2%2F!%2FFound%2FAcquired+Thebes%2F!%2F%2F!!%2F%2F!!!%2F&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database%2Fadvanced_search.aspx&currentPage=12&numpages=10. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
"Papyrus Chester Beatty 2 (image AN418854001)". The British Museum. The British Museum. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=117411&partid=1&output=People%2F!!%2FOR%2F!!%2F101270%2F!%2F101270-3-9%2F!%2FDonated+by+Lady+Edith+Chester+Beatty%2F!%2F%2F!!%2F%2F!!!%2F&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database%2Fadvanced_search.aspx&currentPage=7&numpages=10. Retrieved 3 November 2011.