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 the Book of the Dead—a scroll made to