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THEN AND NOW Words from ancient languages, such as those on this approximately 3,600-year-old Egyptian papyrus, have transformed and carried forward into modern languages.
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THEN AND NOW Words from ancient languages, such as those on this approximately 3,600-year-old Egyptian papyrus, have transformed and carried forward into modern languages.
Jeff Dahl/Wikimedia Commons