How Does 5 ft long papyrus found that details the… Work?

It’s like finding a long strip of paper that tells you about a special story from a very long time ago, but instead of being in a book, it was written on papyrus, which is like the paper made from reeds.

Imagine you're digging through a sandbox and you find a hidden toy box, that’s kind of what happened! People were digging near an ancient place called Egypt when they found this long papyrus. It was as long as five feet, which is about the height of a grown-up.

This papyrus had writing on it, and the writing told a story, like how a special person did some important work or helped people in a way that changed things for everyone else. You can think of it like leaving a message in a bottle, but instead of a bottle, it was papyrus, and instead of a message for one person, it was a message for many people who came after!