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Papyrus page from the Book of the Dead

Papyrus picture from the Book of the Dead, 18th dynasty; in the Egyptian Museum, Turin, Italy.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead (The Papyrus of Ani) Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation

An image of The Egyptian Book of the Dead (The Papyrus of Ani) Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation book cover.

Purple Hibiscus

A picture of Purple Hibiscus cover.

Papyrus of Hunefer (c. 1275 BC)

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A vignette from the Papyrus of Hunefer (c. 1275 BC), depicting scribe Hunefer's heart being weighed against the feather of truth by Anubis, while Thoth records the outcome.

Figure 12: Modern Printing Press Machine

Figure 11: A Printing Machine used until 1957

Figure 9: Hand papermaking from G. A. Böckler’s Theatrum Machinarum Novum (Nuremberg, 1661). With
water-powered hammers, the linen rags are pulped. The vatman stands at the vat with a mould; the
coucher presses the post; the drying sheets hang on ropes above, ready to be sized, calendared, gathered into reams, and packaged. Courtesy of Alan Crocker

Figure 8: Diagram of the parts of a common press. Line drawing by Chartwell Illustrators

Figure 7: Mezzotint of Samson Occom by Jonathan Spilsbury, after a portrait by Mason Chamberlin, 1768. National Portrait Gallery, public domain.

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