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Authentic Hand Painted Egyptian Papyrus Of Cleopatra and her son

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    Posted 5 years ago

    Vernnine
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    A beautifully hand made painting on ancient Egyptian papyrus. I've looked around and couldn't find more info of this one besides the norm.

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    1. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 5 years ago
      Are you sure this is ancient?
      When I toured Egypt a few years ago, there were many shops who demonstrated the art making of paper from papyrus plants. After making the paper, they painted ancient Egyptian figures on the paper. The tourists could then pick out a piece of paper with whatever picture pleased them and the shop would personalize the picture by writing your name (or whatever you chose to have written) in hieroglyphs.
      Then they would frame the paper for you.
      I bought a couple of them myself.

      They left the edges irregular so you could still discern the manner in which they laid out the papyrus stems.

      I think you have one such picture.
    2. Vernnine Vernnine, 5 years ago
      Thank for the information!

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