Ancient Papyrus sheds light on magic spell

CAIRO – SEP 25 (SEE): Ancient Egyptian papyrus with an image showing two bird-like creatures, possibly with a penis connecting them deciphered revealing a magic spell of love.

A magical spell written in Coptic, an Egyptian language that uses the Greek alphabet.

In the image, the winged creature on the left seems to be poking its beak into the open beak of its counterpart on the right, which also seems to have a nail through its head. A person’s outstretched arms surround the creatures.

Korshi Dosoo, a lecturer at University of Strasbourg in France said: "The most striking feature of the ''papyrus'' is its image.''

This ancient Egyptian papyrus at Macquarie University, is decorated with an image of two bird-like creatures.