Oral Culture & the origins of writing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting
Cave painting
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/homer/f/OralTradition.htm
Definition of oral tradition from About.com
http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index17.txt
The story of Homer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet
History of the alphabet from Wikipedia
http://www.egyptgiftshop.com/papyrus.html
The story of papyrus
http://www.lib.umich.edu/writing-graeco-roman-egypt/intro.html
Writing in Graeco-RomanEgypt with very nice images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/papyrus-collection/featured-exhibits-events
All about papyrus from the University of Michigan library
Cave painting
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/homer/f/OralTradition.htm
Definition of oral tradition from About.com
http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index17.txt
The story of Homer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet
History of the alphabet from Wikipedia
http://www.egyptgiftshop.com/papyrus.html
The story of papyrus
http://www.lib.umich.edu/writing-graeco-roman-egypt/intro.html
Writing in Graeco-RomanEgypt with very nice images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/papyrus-collection/featured-exhibits-events
All about papyrus from the University of Michigan library