ARCHIVE 📃 In ancient Egypt, papyrus paper was made from the stems of the papyrus plant, which were cut, soaked, layered crosswise, pressed, dried, and polished. It was used for writing religious texts, legal documents, and personal correspondence. Papyrus played a vital role in documentation and archiving, with scrolls stored in temples and libraries. Egypt's export of papyrus established it as a cultural hub, influencing civilizations like Greece and Rome. Though later replaced by parchment an

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📜 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5575 (P. Oxy. 5575) This small yet remarkable papyrus fragment dates back to the 2nd century AD and is written in ancient Greek. It preserves sayings attributed to Jesus, drawn from both canonical and non-canonical traditions. The text reflects passages found in the Gospels of Matthew (6:25–26, 28–33) and Luke (12:22, 24, 27–31), as well as sayings from the Gospel of Thomas (27, 36, 63). This makes it the oldest known surviving fragment of the Gospel of Thomas in Greek — a

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