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A 10-by-6-inch piece of papyrus is, researchers now believe, part of the world’s first book. And, like many of the volumes that fill offices, libraries, and homes, it has had many lives.

In this book, Richard Bussmann presents a fresh overview of ancient ... of ancient Egyptian society benefits from the application of theoretical concepts in archaeology and anthropology to the ...