Why did ancient Egyptians use red ink in their papyri? Know the secret

  • Date: 28-Oct-2020
  • Source: Egypt Today
  • Sector:Industrial
  • Country:Egypt
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Why did ancient Egyptians use red ink in their papyri? Know the secret

Ancient Egyptian Papyri - ET







CAIRO – 28 October 2020: A group of scholars discovered the formation of red and black inks in ancient Egyptian papyri, which led to a number of hypotheses about writing practices in that ancient era.

 

The analyzes, based on synchrotron techniques, conducted by researchers in Grenoble, France, and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, showed that "lead" was probably used as a desiccant rather than as a pigment, similar to its use