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Scribes of Thebes

October 10, 2026 · 1 min read · c.1300 BC, Egypt

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c.1300 BC, Egypt Egyptian scribes painted vignettes on papyrus rolls for the afterlife — the earliest ancestors of book illumination.

c.1300 BC, Egypt

Egyptian scribes painted vignettes on papyrus rolls for the afterlife — the earliest ancestors of book illumination.

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