Between two sheets of glass in the basement of the Museo Egizio, a museum, in Turin, Italy, some papyrus fragments known as Turin Kinglist, dating back to 3,000 years, may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding new light on ancient Egyptian history. Written on the stem of a papyrus plant like most ancient Egyptian documents is believed to date from the long reign of Ramesses II, the papyrus contains an ancient list of Egyptian kings is written in an ancient Egyptian cursive writing system called hieratic, the papyrus was purchased in Thebes by the Italian diplomat and explorer Bernardino Drovetti in 1822.

Scholars from the British Museum were tipped off to the existence of the additional fragments after reviewing a 1959 analysis of the papyrus by a British archaeologist.
Alan Gardiner - the archaeologist-mentions in his work,that these fragments were not included in the final reconstruction on display at the museum. After an extensive search, museum researchers found the pieces.
The finding could help more accurately piece together what is considered to be a key item for understanding ancient Egyptian history.
Now made of 160 fragments, the Turin Kinglist basically lacks two important parts: the introduction of the list and the ending.
Federico Bottigliengo, Egyptologist at the Turin museum believes that the Turin Kinglist is one of the most important documents to reconstruct the chronology of Egypt between the 1st and 17th Dynasty. He also that the recovered fragments will help reconstruct some of the missing parts as well as add new knowledge to Egyptian history and chronology, and that it is is possible that some dates will have to be changed and names of pharaohs will have to be added. To some this may be the second most important discovery after Rosetta stone wich had dicyphered.