Papyrus Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time in a century, archaeologists excavating in Egypt have discovered a 16 meters long ancient papyrus in the Saqqara area.
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News
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have unraveled secrets from ancient Latin texts written on papyrus. This work could tell us a great deal about what Roman society
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A small piece of papyrus that was excavated on the island of Elephantine on the River Nile a little over 100 years ago,
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - For the first time ever, scientists have examined a 1,500-year-old Egyptian papyrus discovered near the pyramid of Pharaoh Senusret I in 1934. The ancient papyrus contains descriptions
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Earlier prevailing pharaohs did not need to defend themselves against their people, but Ramesses III had no choice. A 3,000-year-old papyrus reveals how a
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - What secret messages and information could have been written thousands of years ago on scraps of ancient Egyptian papyrus? Hieroglyphics found on the walls of the tombs
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Ancient Technology
AncientPages.com - Analysis of a 2,000-year-old papyri fragments reveals ancient Egyptians were familiar with advanced ink technology. Using X-ray microscopy have demonstrated that black ink used by Egyptian scribes
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most impressive and mysterious constructions of the ancient world. Many theories have been presented, but the truth is
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ipuwer, an ancient Egyptian sage, was the author of a hieratic manuscript known as "Ipuwer Papyrus" (or Papyrus Leiden 344", even known as
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Egyptian Papyrus of Ani contains a number of fascinating descriptions of curious encounters with interesting boats. The “boats” are often mentioned in
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - With its magnificent pyramids, the sphinx, mysterious tombs and enigmatic hieroglyphs, Egypt is a country full of ancient secrets, some of which are heavily
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1943, an ancient papyrus was bought by the Cairo museum. It was written in Hieratic and although portions of it were eaten away
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