Pharaoh's Treasure
Subtitle: The Origins of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781445689944
Subjects: Archives; Manuscripts (papyri); Writing, materials and instruments; Egypt, civilization
Description: For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it was with the advent of papyrus paper when the ability to record and transmit information exploded, allowing for an exchanging of ideas, from the banks of the Nile throughout the Mediterranean - and the civilised world - for the first time in human history. Here, John Gaudet looks at this pivotal transition to papyrus paper, which would become the most commonly used information medium in the world for more than 4,000 years.