The pharaoh's treasure : the origin of paper and the rise of Western civilization /
For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it was with the advent of papyrus paper when the ability to record and transmit information...
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Language: English
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2018.
Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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Call Number: Z110 .P36 G38
Table of Contents:
- Guardian of immortality. The inspector puts pen to paper and makes history ; Prisse, like Moses, carries home stone tablets and paper scrolls ; The undertaker's special and the world's first bestseller ; The book of the dead, guardian of immortality ; Papyrus paper, your ticket to paradise ; The sands of the Nile give up their treasures ; The affair of the oranges ; The floodgates open
- Egypt, papermaker to the world. The birth of Memphis and paper ; A gift from the gods ; The monopoly ; Growing and managing papyrus for paper ; The emperor and the lewd papermaker ; Taking on the world, and leaving a legacy
- The enemy of oblivion. Early libraries, paper, and the writing business ; A library to end all libraries and the sweet smell of history ; The Romans and the book trade ; Roman libraries ; Those precious, tender-hearted scrolls ; Saving the day ; Media one makes its mark in the world ; The last bastion, the church of Rome ; Constantinople and the long goodbye ; End of the road and the battle of the Talas river ; The myster of the disappearing plant ; The pharaoh's own conquers the Vatican ; The road back ; The road ahead.