Papyrus
Papyrus noun - Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times.
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Synonyms for Papyrus
Scrolls
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- Ironically, many of the treasures protected are much more perishable than the traps themselves; papyrus scrolls or valuable spices, for example.
Source: Durable Deathtrap - But young Erimem mistook the creature's papyrus scrolls for toys, accidentally read the ancient chants when she was a child, and became extremely vulnerable to the creature's influence because of it.
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The Ancient Egyptians would have written their books on papyrus scrolls.
Source: Film / The Mummy (1999)
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