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Scribes were the only Egyptians who could read and write. That was considered a privilege, which they only shared with the rulers and the gods. Scribes learned all the scribal skills in temples for at least ten years. Ascribewrote letters for townspeople, kept accounts for the army, and more. Everything had to be written down; from the number of grain harvested, to building supplies, to work attendance, to wages and gifts. Texts that they wrote presented new stories and other types of literature that were not known before. There were texts such as biographies, instructions, literacy, history, and political views. Egyptian scribes used three different types of writing: hieroglyphics, hieratic, and demotic. They wrote everything down on a paper called papyrus, which was made from a papyrus plant.

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