Papyrus in Ancient Egypt (3,000 B.C.E) (jan 1, 3000 BC – jan 1, 1100)
Description:
Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant.As a writing material, papyrus was used for hymns, religious texts, spiritual admonitions, letters, official documents, proclamations, love poems, medical texts, scientific or technical manuals, record-keeping, magical treatises, and literature. An example of a papyrus text is the famous Ebers Papyrus.
The Ebers Papyrus is a medical text which is routinely cited as evidence of how medicine and magic were interrelated in ancient Egypt.
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Date:
jan 1, 3000 BC
jan 1, 1100
~ 4102 years