2000 Year Old Homework! by Highlights for Children

Author:Highlights for Children
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Highlights for Children, Inc.
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

History leaps to life from each repaired papyrus. Dr. Hickey and other papyrologists found a police report to a royal scribe about a missing person. It reads: “On the 5th of the present month when patrolling the fields near the village . . . I learn from the villagers that Theodotos son of Dositheos, having set out in that direction, has not yet returned. I make this report.” The reporter also says that he found clues, but not the missing person.

Another piece of papyrus gave the dinner menu for a town’s sacred crocodiles. The crocodiles were to be served meat, wine, and honey.

Some papyri give archaeologists a good idea of what Egyptians read for fun. They enjoyed adventure stories, poetry, plays, and myths.

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