Richard Janko, “The Derveni Papyrus” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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The Oldest Book on Papyrus Found in Europe
Papyrus is the ancient writing material, a, the equivalent of paper. It's so brittle that you can't bend it without breaking it like burnt newspaper. And this book had been on the funeral pyre had got half burned and had just rolled off to one side. When they dug it up, they thought it was a stick because it was black like a ve coal. But somehow or other, petros de malis, whom i have met, recognized tha. He realized hiit had writing inside.
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