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Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
The fields of papyrology and classics are changed forever.
—Tomas Weber, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
That papyrology called to him was perhaps little wonder.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 13 May 2020
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Noun
Of the many subfields in classics, papyrology is perhaps the most difficult to understand but also the most bewitching.
—Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
The fields of papyrology and classics are changed forever.
—Tomas Weber, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
That papyrology called to him was perhaps little wonder.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 13 May 2020
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“Papyrology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/papyrology. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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