Papyrus Paper Making in Ancient Egypt, Guided Tour

Hope you can hear this clearly there was another demo going on hence the shouting in the background. Still a good experience and very hospitable as all Egyptians are.

The botanical name for the papyrus plant is Cyperus papyrus, denoting that it belongs in the large Cyperaceae family of sedge plants. Although today the plant no longer grows in the Egyptian Nile Valley, it is generally accepted that during antiquity it was common and indigenous to the area. While papyrus grew wild along the Nile, the possibility that it also may have been cultivated for use in paper making has been explored but remains an open question.

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