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Scribes. Les artisans du texte en Egypte ancienne. Extrême-Orient «Date de la naissance d'Horus«Did the Egyptians invent bureaucracy? It's difficult to answer, given that ritual, patronage networks, and oral tradition must have played at least as important a role as formal written procedures. What is certain, however, is that during the New Kingdom, between 1500 and 1070 BC, Egypt took on the dimensions of an empire. From Nubia to Syria, the resources to be exploited and administered were immense. It is therefore no coincidence that this period