papyrus

Examples of papyrus in the following topics:

• Ancient Egyptian Trade

  • They exported goods, such as papyrus, linen, and finished objects using a variety of land and maritime trading routes.
  • Egypt commonly exported grain, gold, linen, papyrus, and finished goods, such as glass and stone objects.

• Invention of Paper

  • While the word "paper" is derived from papyrus, the early Egyptian thick writing sheets, it is made quite differently.
  • While papyrus is made from the dried pith of the papyrus plant that has been woven, paper has been disintegrated and reformed.

• Late Egyptian Art

  • One major contribution from the Late Period of ancient Egypt was the Brooklyn Papyrus.
  • This was a medical papyrus with a collection of medical and magical remedies for victims of snakebites based on snake type or symptoms.
  • This papyrus provides the most striking evidence for the closely parallel roles of the physician swnw and the various priests concerned with healing.

• The Book of the Dead

  • The Book of the Dead, in contrast, was painted on expensive papyrus, written in cursive hieroglyph, and saw the afterlife as being part of the underworld.
  • By the Seventeenth Dynasty, the spells were typically inscribed on linen shrouds wrapped around the dead, though occasionally they are found written on coffins or on papyrus.
  • From the fourteenth century BCE onward, the Book of the Dead was typically written on a papyrus scroll and the text was illustrated with elaborate and lavish vignettes.
  • Composed of joined sheets of papyrus, the dimensions of a Book of the Dead could vary from one to 40 meters.

• Ancient Egyptian Art

  • Ancient Egyptian art includes painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of art, such as drawings on papyrus, created between 3000 BCE and 100 AD.
  • Papyrus is very delicate and was used for writing and painting; it has only survived for long periods when buried in tombs.
  • Every aspect of Egyptian life is found recorded on papyrus, from literary to administrative documents.

• The Islamic Golden Age

  • Paper was easier to manufacture than parchment and less likely to crack than papyrus, and could absorb ink, making it difficult to erase and ideal for keeping records.
  • Before the advent of paper, papyrus and parchment were used for writing.

• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

  • Urinary tract infections have been described since ancient times with the first documented description in the Ebers Papyrus dated to c. 1550 BC.

• Art in the Early Dynastic Period

  • Media ranged from papyrus drawings to pictographs (hieroglyphics) and included funerary sculpture carved in relief and in the round from sandstone, quartz diorite, and granite.

• Sculpture of the Early Dynastic Period

  • To the right is a set of papyrus flowers, which symbolize Lower Egypt.

• The Minoans

  • Minoan ceramics are found in Egyptian cities, and the Minoans imported several items from Egypt, especially papyrus, as well as architectural and artistic ideas.