“I realize that I will have to remove the plastery surface to see how the layers and folds of the papyrus relate.”

“Jensom led them all into a bright room, filled with monks inscribing words of wisdom onto tablets and papyrus.”

“Among the 568 bird species are papyrus and black-headed gonoleks, lowland akalat, swamp flycatcher and black bee-eater.”

“Oxford University created the world's first chair of papyrology especially for him.”

“But in the 260 years of Herculaneum papyrology it is certainly a remarkable year.”

“And a doctorate in papyrology certainly gives her the right credentials for this programme.”

“The first stage was the publication of transcriptions and apparatus criticus and plates of the papyri.”

“Documents written on papyri were found in some pyramid temples, especially at Abusir.”

“There are few papyri from his reign, but hieroglyphic inscriptions from the Delta present him as a traditional pharaoh.”