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Pharaohs Writing Material Crossword Clue

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noun

• paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

• tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

• a document written on papyrus

30%13 Sacred writing system of the pharaohs
adjective

• resembling hieroglyphic writing

• written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols

noun

• writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

• a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

30%13 Form of writing used by Pharaohs
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