Many authors agree that the first known advertisement is almost 3000 years old. It’s a papyrus found in Thebes, Egypt, which is kept in the British London Museum.

"Having escaped the slave Shem from his master Hapu, the weaver, this one invites all the good citizen of Thebes to find him. He’s an hittite, five-foot high, of healthy complexion and brown eyes; who returns him to the store of Hapu, the weaver, where are woven the most beautiful fabrics to the pleasure of each one, will be given a piece of gold."