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  • "Correction Fluid" Analyzed in Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

    03/19/2026 2:46:45 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 32 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | March 12, 2026 | editors / unattributed
    Curators at the Fitzwilliam Museum noticed that an image of a jackal on a 3,300-year-old Egyptian papyrus had been modified with white fluid, according to an ArtNet News report. The modified picture was found in a copy of the Book of the Dead made for a royal scribe named Ramose, whose tomb was discovered by William Flinders Petrie in 1922. The image shows Ramose placing his hands on the body of a jackal, identified as Wepwawet, a god of war and hunting. Bold, white lines had been applied to either side of the jackal's body and the upper halves of...