CIVILIZATION
EGYPTIAN
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Question
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a plant used to make a paperlike writing material used by Egyptian scribes
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figure out the meaning
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a stone that contained text in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek, used by Jean Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Egyptians invented of type of paper called papyrus, which was made from the river plant of the same name. Papyrus was a very strong and durable paper-like material that was used in Egypt for over 3000 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Papyrus, from which we get the modern word paper, is a writing material made from the papyrus plant, a reed which grows in the marshy areas around the Nile river. Papyrus was used as a writing material as early as 3, 000 BC in ancient Egypt, and continued to be used to some extent until around 1100 AD.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ancient Egyptians soaked papyrus to soften it, and then mashed it. They pushed the mashed papyrus together into sheets, and let the sheets dry. Then they cut the dried papyrus sheets into strips. They piled several strips on top of each other to make a thick paper.