In 1901 three of Egyptology’s early pioneers Dr. Heinrich Schafer, Dr. Kurt Sethe, and Dr. Ludwig Borchardt collaborated in a discussion and study of a fragment of stone that came to be known as the Palermo stone, because its home was the museum of Palermo, Italy where it was first displayed in 1877.  Schafer prepared preliminary a report of their efforts that was presented at the General Session on March 6, 1902.