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  "path": "/news/ancient-egyptians-altered-art-with-wite-out-say-scholars-1234745117/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T17:19:01.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.artforum.com",
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  "textContent": "Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum recently discovered that Ancient Egyptians used a 3,000-year-old version of Wite-Out to amend mistakes on their papyrus creations, The Art Newspaper reported Monday. Using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scholars determined that the ancient off-white fluid was composed of calcite, huntite, and miniscule flecks of yellow orpiment, a highly toxic sulfide of arsenic that […]",
  "title": "Ancient Egyptians Altered Book of the Dead with “Wite-Out,” Scholars Say"
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