Diary of Merer

The Diary of Merer is a logbook written in Egyptian Hieroglyphs on Papyrus dating from the period of Pharaoh Khufu (2,589-2,566 BCE).
It describes the transport of limestone blocks along the Nile to build the Great Pyramid.

In 2013, a French group of Archeologists from the Sorbonne University, Paris, France, found a Papyrus Text in a cave at Wadi al-Jarf, Hieroglyphs and Hieratic.
It was the Logbook of an Egyptian Official which describes the ferrying of limestone blocks along the Nile from the quarries at Tura to the Great Pyramid at Giza.
The Papyrus dates from the period of Khufu (2589-2566 BCE), making the Papyrus 4,500 years old.
The Papyrus describes a period of months from July to November.
40 sailors worked to complete 3 round trips every 10 days.
It is thought they were delivering the external cladding stones to be fitted to the outside of the Great Pyramid