Usually means: Study of ancient paper documents.
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  1. papyrology: Merriam-Webster
  2. papyrology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. papyrology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. papyrology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. papyrology: Wordnik
  6. papyrology: Wiktionary
  7. papyrology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. papyrology: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. papyrology: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. papyrology: Dictionary.com
  11. Papyrology: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. papyrology: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. papyrology: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The study of papyrus, particularly the branch of archeology concerning ancient texts written on papyrus.

Similar:
epigraphy, Egyptology, epigraphology, Palestinology, hieroglyphology, pyramidology, Palestinianism, Ægyptology, codicology, paleopsychology, more...

Opposite:
numismatics, archaeology.

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Similar:
epigraphy, Egyptology, epigraphology, Palestinology, hieroglyphology, pyramidology, Palestinianism, Ægyptology, codicology, paleopsychology, more...

Opposite:
numismatics, archaeology.



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