Why Do Clay Tablets Last Longer than Paper?
Materials: Hieroglyphic scroll (use directions above – if using paint or ink, ensure it is water soluble) clay tablet (use directions for “cunieform tablet” above) 1. Place the clay tablet and the hieroglyphic scrolls outside. Leave them there for several days. 2. After a week, look at the tablet and the scroll. Are they the same as when you first put them outside? How are they different? Open the scroll and look at the print. Is it changed at all? Depending on the weather, they may have been rained or snowed on, they may have sat under the hot sun’s rays, or in the misty fog. The weather will determine how they have changed. If it rained, snowed (which is wet like rain) or was foggy (also wet), the paper scroll is likely soggy. Maybe it is even torn. The print is likely hard to read as well. If it was sitting in the hot sun for many days, the scroll might not look very different. The clay tablet, though, will be the same as the day you set it outside to weather. Even if it is wet, the
