Papyrus by R.B. Parkinson, Stephen Quirke

96 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
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One of the most outstanding inventions of ancient Egypt was the making of "paper" from the papyrus plant. As early as 3000 B.C., sheets and rolls of papyrus provided an ideal surface for writing with reed pen and cakes of carbon black and red ochr...

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