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	What did the Egyptians write with?
	Did the Egyptians have an alphabet?

		Our word "paper" comes from the Egyptian "papyrus". Papyrus is a plant that grows in the Nile Delta. The plant has thin stalks that are slit down the middle and flattened out to make a very durable paper. Each hieroglyph represents one or more letters. The Egyptians wrote words by using these letters. The Egyptian language in its most recent form is still used in the Egyptian Christian church today. It is written with Greek letters, not with hieroglyphs. more