A MYSTERIOUS papyrus scroll has the potential to prove the story of the 10 plagues of Egypt written about in the Bible, researchers argue.

The Ipuwer Papyrus, an ancient Egyptian poetic lament, speaks about a number of catastrophic events - including a haunting "river of blood".

In the poem, the scribe, references famine, mass death and environmental disasters.

Many of these topics also appear in the biblical Book of Exodus.

Within the often daunting text, passages speak about how God sent a series of afflictions down to Earth to convince the Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery.

These Included swarms of locusts, three days of darkness and the death of every firstborn son as well as a statement about turning the Nile River to blood.

One of the lines in Exodus 7:20 reads: "

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