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Most written texts were written on materials that degrade with time. Organic materials like paper, papyrus and skin parchments oxidize with time and can decay from bacteria, insects, molds, fungus, etc. The paper/vellum/parchment also was easily damaged by water from rain, leaks, etc. The same is also true of the organic inks that were often used. Inks fade with time to become illegible or even flake and fall off. Exposure to water or oil will also make inks smear and/or run.
Also in times past the paper, parchment, etc. were of limited availability so the were often reused by removing what was written on it by scraping or something similar and then writing over it.
Finally, many texts were destroyed on purpose or by accident because they were no longer needed, as part of a purge by opponents of what they contain, by fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural or man-made disasters.
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