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Papyrus
Papyrus is a writing material made from the pith of the papyrus plant, which grew abundantly in the Nile valley and delta. It was the principal medium for records and literature in ancient Egypt, and documents such as the Harris Papyrus are key sources for the Egyptian New Kingdom. The Ptolemaic Empire made papyrus production a state monopoly, and papyrus documents remained in use under the Umayyad Caliphate.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Papyrus. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/papyrus
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