What Is Papyrus Made Of?

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Tip 1 - Egypt - Ancient Paper: Papyrus

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Zanele Radebe | permalink

Egyptians came up with the first method of making paper using the stem from a water plant. They cut it up, soaked it, flattened it and dried it. The outcome was a sheet of paper they called papyrus.
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For further reading: http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1074-egypt-ancient-paper-papyrus ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Make Papyrus

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by grahamludwinski | permalink

Even with the onset of the digital age, the societies of our world still operate largely on paper and ink. Long before paper came into existence, however, the Egyptians devised a way to create a sort of early version of paper called...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Papyrus ^[2]