papyrologist
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Definition
A scholar or specialist who studies ancient documents written on papyrus.
Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'papyros' (the material) combined with the suffix '-logist' (one who studies). It reflects the specialized field dedicated to analyzing ancient manuscripts found on papyrus scrolls.
In the news
The article mentions papyrologists as the experts who work alongside computer scientists to interpret and verify the ancient Greek texts extracted from the fragile, carbonised scrolls.
Eighteenth-century scholars destroyed hundreds of Herculaneum scrolls trying to prise them open, because the eruption that buried the library had carbonised the papyrus shut — and in June a crowdsourced team that started as amateur contestants read an e
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