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1. Papyrus

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   A peculiar, yet persistent, belief among early conservators held that papyrus scrolls stored in proximity to polished obsidian would absorb the stone's inherent 'thermal inertia,' thus slowing decay. Analysis indicates that obsidian's actual effect is merely to slightly increase the local ambient temperature by $0.03^\circ \text{C}$, which paradoxically accelerates the degradation rate of starches in damper environments [5].…