Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Reveals Pharaohs Knew Secret of Advanced Ink Technology 2,000 Years Ago
By Callum Paton On 11/11/17 at 6:25 AM
Experts studying fragments of Ancient Egyptian papyrus have discovered in the time of the Pharaohs scribes used advanced inks hundreds of years before they were used anywhere else.
Prior to the recent studies, writing ink was assumed to be primarily carbon based until the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. However, experts at the University of Copenhagen examining ancient texts with X-rays have found that two millennia ago the pharaonic civilization in Egypt used inks containing copper.
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