Exactly one hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams. But the Viennese psychologist was not the first to reveal the secret, subtle meanings of our nocturnal visions. More than 3,000 years earlier, a scribe from Thebes wrote down a list of ancient Egyptians’ dreams; he even provided the key that unlocks their mysteries. Papyrus Chester Beatty III, now in the British Museum, dates to the early 13th century B.C., though the language of the text suggests that it was originally compiled in the Middle Kingdom (2040–1640 B.C.). Written in hieratic script, a cursive form of hieroglyphics, […]
