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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
Sheet from a Book of the Dead, ca. 1075-945 BCE

Papyrus sheet from a Book of the Dead from 1075-945 BCE

Book of the Dead for the Singer of Amun, Nany, ca. 1050 BCE

Sheet of papyrus with paint from a Book of the Dead for the Singer of Amun from 1050 BCE.

Figure 11: A Printing Machine used until 1957
Figure 12: Modern Printing Press Machine
Pharaoh, Book of the Dead

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht from Thebes, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. Pharaohs often wore two crowns to signify the unification…

Priest, Book of the Dead

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Aaneru from Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1070-946 BCE.

Papyrus of Hunefer (c. 1275 BC)

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…

Papyrus of Pasherashakhet

Papyrus of Pasherashakhet (detail), Egyptian, about 375–275 BC. Ink on papyrus.

Purple Hibiscus

A picture of Purple Hibiscus cover.

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