Wall relief depicting bread makers and scribes counting wheat grains, Tomb of Ti, Fifth Dynasty. Writing was invented in Egypt to keep track of the "Royal Granary" which was the treasury.

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Wall relief depicting bread makers and scribes counting wheat grains, Tomb of Ti, Fifth Dynasty. Writing was invented in Egypt to keep track of the "Royal Granary" which was the treasury.

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Wall relief depicting bread makers and scribes counting wheat grains, Tomb of Ti, Fifth Dynasty. Writing was invented in Egypt to keep track of the "Royal Granary" which was the treasury.

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