papyrus

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Wheat-based glues have a long history in bookbinding that originates in ancient Egyptian texts, which experts have partially attributed to the longevity of the world's collection of papyrus documents.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia devised a love song by around 2000 BCE, and scholars of Ancient Egypt have found love songs inscribed into pottery and written on sheets of papyrus.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Both were molded from cartonnage, created by soaking strips of linen or old papyrus scrolls in a paste and laying them over a woodblock form or the actual head of a mummy.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

In the 18th century hundreds of papyrus scrolls were discovered in the library of a luxurious a villa in the town - the only such library of texts from ancient Roman times to be discovered.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024

Each page was glued on two pieces of pole so it could be rolled and unrolled like a papyrus scroll.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder