Examples of papyrus in the following topics:
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Minoan ceramics are found in Egyptian cities, and the Minoans imported several items from Egypt, especially papyrus, as well as architectural and artistic ideas.
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- Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds.
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- New Comedy is known primarily by the substantial papyrus
fragments of Menander.