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Archaeologists unearth more than 40,000 pieces of pottery that ancient Egyptians used like scrap paper
Researchers in Egypt have discovered a massive trove of what amount to ancient notepads. The 43,000 ostraca—sherds of broken ...
The sarcophagi inhabitants’ actual names are unknown, but these “chantresses of Amun” served a god whose cult ran strong even ...
Over the past two decades, more than 43,000 inscribed shards of pottery known as ostraca have been uncovered in Athribis, ...
An ancient artist applied a white substance to an illustration of a jackal, slimming down its appearance, according to ...
Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life ...
An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...
It appears that even the most skilled scribes of ancient Egypt made mistakes. A recent discovery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has revealed that ancient Egyptian artisans used a correction ...
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