What is the oldest human-created artifact that has mattered to you? Why/how does it matter? (from @butwait on Twitter)
One of the oldest human-created artifacts that has mattered to me is papyrus. Papyrus was created by the Egyptians. It was their form of paper and writing. It was discovered in the third millennium B.C.E. Papyrus matters to me because, without it we would not have paper, not in the way we have it today. I use paper for almost everything I do. My ways are beginning to change because I have a laptop, but I used to draw on paper, I made projects out of paper, and I write all my homework on paper. I love sending letters to friends and family members and without paper I would not be able to write to them, or have the idea to write to them. I receive important things in the mail that is on paper, such as report cards, magazines, and letters. I also love to read. Without paper, there would be no books. If I did not have books, I would have too much free time. I also use books in school. Without text books or the books we learn from, we would not have a basis of learning. For example, we could not find extra math problems without having to come up with them on our own or read a book in English and write a report about it. Slowly, our community is switching to paperless ways. Without papyrus and paper, I personally do not believe we would have computers because it is how communication and writing started. The oldest human-created artifact that has mattered to me is papyrus.
I agree completely with what you are saying here. Without papyrus, we wouldn't have found anything to write on, and language and writing may not have started. And you're completely right with if papyrus wasn't created, we could not have laptops and all sorts of media now. It is weird to think that something like a piece of "paper" being created could possibly lead to laptops and cell phones and texting now a days. I think the only think that you could have added here was maybe talking about hieroglyphics and how that began writing since they are kind of together. Other than that, great job! It really got me thinking about how important papyrus really is to our community even now.
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