papyrus

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These were 50 feet high, six feet in diameter, painted with hieroglyphs and topped with gigantic papyrus blossoms.

From Washington Post

How Shahin or the curator, both of whom have since died, obtained the papyrus remains uncertain.

From Seattle Times

The project was stirred by the unearthing of a trove of papyrus fragments at the site of an ancient harbor near the Red Sea in 2013.

From New York Times

Throughout the 14-year process, he meticulously copied inscriptions from steles, statues and papyrus.

From Washington Post

“In one of the wooden sarcophagi, we found, for the first time, a complete and sealed papyrus,” he told reporters at a makeshift exhibit Monday.

From Washington Post