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Artificial intelligence just cracked the text of a burned papyrus that would crumble if touched

A charred papyrus, long considered impossible to read without destroying it, has finally revealed its contents. Thanks to ...

Papyrus and the origin of paper

Unlike earlier writing materials like clay tablets, papyrus paper was lightweight, flexible, and easy to store. It ...
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Egyptian villagers struggle to keep art of papyrus-making viable

AL-QARAMOUS, Egypt (Reuters) - A village keeping the ancient Egyptian craft of papyrus-making alive has seen demand for the paper collapse after the novel coronavirus pandemic brought Egypt's foreign ...
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Connecting with COSI: Making Papyrus Paper

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Storm Team 4’s meteorologist Liz McGiffin caught up with Alyssa Cassabaum-Smith, a scientist at COSI, to do an activity similar to how ancient Egyptians made paper. In ancient ...
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First-ever Iliad papyrus found inside Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists at Egypt’s ancient Oxyrhynchus site have discovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad, marking the first known instance of a Greek ...