papyruses
- plural of papyrus.
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Historically, biblical writings, Egyptian papyruses and the medical texts of the classical Greeks show that infertility was a common condition and that women were primarily blamed.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2018
Now, however, German papyrologist Carsten Peter Thiede has startled the rarefied world of biblical scholarship by arguing that the papyruses are actually the oldest extant fragments of the New Testament, dating from about A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inscriptions, papyruses, books time-bind the human species and permit us to hear those few voices and faint cries of our brothers and sisters, our ancestors.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Thou art groping among papyruses, but I have served seven years in the army, and there was almost no day which I did not pass in drill or maneuvers.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah
After Hiram’s departure the heir shut himself up in the most remote chamber under pretext of reading sacred papyruses.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander
