Papyrus: Child Crafts Project

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Papyrus is one of the most amazing and “ahead of its time” inventions of ancient Egypt. Papyrus is ancient paper that the Egyptians somehow miraculously figured out how to make, which in all ways is amazing. The papyrus paper is made out of, as its name explains, the papyrus plant, which was a plant that grew well in the marshes of Egypt! This plant had a hard and “crisp” outside, with a soft inside. Papyrus was in fact a reed, and it had many uses. The outside part was used for a number of things, including Sandals and boats. Granted the list of the uses for the outside, grows quite long, the uses for the soft inside were to say the least few. The very main use, was in fact for papyrus paper! On another note, the back of the papyrus was somewhat shaped like a triangle or pyramid! This leads me to believe that there may have been some sense of spirituality behind papyrus, but enough about the papyrus plant, let's explore how papyrus paper was made!

The fact that papyrus was made is amazing, yet to us it seems like a simple child crafts project! The first step in making Papyrus is taking off the green hard outside. This part was usually torn off by hands, but could also be done using a sharp object. Next the Egyptians would also cut/tear of thin pieces of the actual papyrus …show more content…

Like how did they come up with how to make papyrus paper? Also why was the invention even thought of, who considered making a thinner tablet even? There are so many questions left un asked, you might whish that you actually lived in Egypt back when papyrus was invented, I defiantly would. I cannot even begin to explain how amazing it was that the ancient Egyptians created papyrus, it is beyond unbelievable!! Hopefully in the future more will be found out about the creation about papyrus and ancient Egypt. But until then, the creation of papyrus will remain a

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