This is really cool. It's private correspondence on papyrus written by and to a real person named Hephaistion, who probably lived in Alexandria in the 2nd century BC! Alas, it is obviously not by THE Hephaistion - but at least a namesake.

Papyrus 1

Papyrus 2In the first, the letter is written by Hephaistion to someone called Imouthes. It starts ( Read more... )

This can be fun!

My name using Egyptian Hieroglyphs:


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