Did the Mayans make paper from fig tree bark?

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2026-03-25 22:20

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Apparently yes, three independent analyses of codex paper, performed in the early 1900s and again in the 1970s confirmed that the paper that made of the Dresden, Paris, and the Madrid codex are all made from the inner bark of the wild fig tree.

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