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2nd-millennium BC literature

  • RigvedaScholars place the bulk of the Rigveda's composition between 1500 and 1000 BCE. This timeframe situates the text in the late Bronze Age, a period marked by…
  • Westcar PapyrusIn 1823 or 1824, British adventurer Henry Westcar apparently discovered the papyrus during travels in Egypt. He did not note the exact circumstances under…