Exhibition reveals Ancient Egyptian sick notes and work invoices

1295 to 1186 BCE records an order from a man called Nakhtamun for windows. (Musée du Louvre via SWNS)

By Faye Mayern

An exhibition has revealed Ancient Egyptian sick notes and work invoices - including one man who stayed home because he'd been bitten.

Exhibition reveals Ancient Egyptian sick notes and work invoices

1295 to 1186 BCE records an order from a man called Nakhtamun for windows. (Musée du Louvre via SWNS)

Exhibition reveals Ancient Egyptian sick notes and work invoices

The 'sick note'. (Musée du Louvre via SWNS)

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