ARCHIVE 📃 In ancient Egypt, papyrus paper was made from the stems of the papyrus plant, which were cut, soaked, layered crosswise, pressed, dried, and polished. It was used for writing religious texts, legal documents, and personal correspondence. Papyrus played a vital role in documentation and archiving, with scrolls stored in temples and libraries. Egypt's export of papyrus established it as a cultural hub, influencing civilizations like Greece and Rome. Though later replaced by parchment an

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Possibly over 3,000 years old, this Book of the Dead papyrus for the burial of Nauny, a Chantress of Amun, is attributed to the 21st Dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. The scroll contains funerary spells including the Judgment of Osiris, or Weighing of the Heart, where Nauny is depicted before the gods Osiris, Anubis, Thoth, and Isis. It measures 5.215 × 0.35 m (17 ft 1 in × 1 ft 1.8 in) This artifact is now housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New Y

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