Egyptian Papyrus from Edfu (IMAGE)

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Egyptian Papyrus from Edfu

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This piece of papyrus from the mid-Third Century BCE describes a period of famine in Egypt that occurred when the Nile River failed to flood for several years in a row. It was collected from the Egyptian city of Edfu.

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© Department of Papyrology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

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