The Saqqara king list

The Saqqara king list (a.k.a. Saqqara Tablet) contains a list of Egyptian pharaohs. It was found
in the tomb of a priest by the name

Tjunery (wnry),
who lived during the reign of Ramesses II.
In 1861, Vassalli, an inspector searching on behalf of Mariette, located the tomb somewhere
south of the Pyramid of Unas at Saqqara, in a small limestone construction. The extact location
of the tomb itself is lost however, buried in the sand.
The inscription originally listed 58 kings in two rows of 29 kings each, from starting with
Ramesses II, going backwards to Anedjib. It was discovered in eight parts, and a large section
of the list was not found. The king list has Cairo Museum inventory number CG 34516.
The purpose of the list was to show celebrated "ancestors," and was not meant to be a complete
chronological list. It was written in the tradition of Lower Egypt, i.e. preferring honored
ancestors with a strong affinity in Lower Egypt.

Present state of the list

The last published photograph of the king list was by de Roug in 1866.
It is astonishing that nobody has taken any photographs of the list in 149 years!