Ancient Egyptians used 3,000-year-old 'Tipp-Ex' mix to fix mistakes on papyrus artwork

Ancient Egyptians used 3,000-year-old 'Tipp-Ex' mix to fix mistakes on papyrus artwork

Ancient Egyptians have been found to have used a 3,000 year-old "Tipp-Ex" like correction fluid to fix artistic errors on papyrus documents and artworks, new research has suggested.Researchers at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum made the discovery as staff prepared one of the best-preserved Egyptian scrolls for public display, noticing a dense white substance applied along both sides of a jackal figure painted on the artefact.This particular scrol…

Ancient Egyptians Used Correction Fluid to Fix Errors on Papyri, Researchers Discover

The ancient Egyptians used an early version of correction fluid to fix errors on artworks and documents, researchers have found. The news was first reported by the Times of London. While readying a 3,300-year-old papyrus for the exhibition “Made in Ancient Egypt” at the Fitzwilliam Museum in England, museum staff noticed that a painted figure of a jackal had been altered to make it appear slimmer. The jackal is part of a scene from a copy of…

Ancient Egyptian form of ‘Tipp-Ex’ identified on papyrus at UK’s Fitzwilliam Museum

A white fluid on a 3,300-year-old papyrus was used to make the figure of a jackal slimmer, researchers have found