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Fragments of a lost play by Aeschylus were found in wrappings of a mummy. Were papyri in Egypt (say around 50 BC) used just as "whatever paper we can find" or was there meaning in what was inscribed on the wrappings of mummies?

by /u/LukeInTheSkyWith in /r/AskHistorians

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