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While secular use declined, scrolls remain vital in religious contexts. The Jewish Torah is still handwritten on parchment scrolls for ritual use in synagogues.

The oldest surviving scrolls are made of papyrus, a plant native to Egypt that was the dominant writing material for the Mediterranean world starting around 3000 B.C.E..

Ancient horizontal scrolls were typically written in multiple columns; as a person read, they would unroll the next section with one hand while rolling up the finished section with the other.

While secular use declined, scrolls remain vital in religious contexts. The Jewish Torah is still handwritten on parchment scrolls for ritual use in synagogues.

The oldest surviving scrolls are made of papyrus, a plant native to Egypt that was the dominant writing material for the Mediterranean world starting around 3000 B.C.E..

Ancient horizontal scrolls were typically written in multiple columns; as a person read, they would unroll the next section with one hand while rolling up the finished section with the other.

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