Papyrus Artifact

Papyrus was first made in Egypt as far back as the fourth millennium BCE. The earliest known papyrus was found in 2012-2013 which dated back to 2560-2550 BCE. Ancient Egyptians were the first to start using papyrus for many reasons but mainly used it for writing. Ancient Egyptian Scribes were the only people allowed to use papyrus paper. Individual Papyrus was made by laying strips of thin papyrus sheets side by side. First in one vertical layer then the other in a horizontal layer. You would have to use pre-soaked strips because after you lay all the strips they would press the strips until they were dry and let it dry in the sun. The papyrus paper was made from the pith of the papyrus plant. The botanical name for the papyrus plant is the cyperus papyrus. The papyrus plant …show more content…
There is no exact information on who discovered papyrus. The oldest papyrus paper ever discovered was written in the fourth dynasty of King Khufu. The papyrus was discovered inside a cave in ancient Red Sea port of Wadi al-Jarf by an Egyptian-French mission. We know about this artifact because many archaeologists have discovered it in Ancient Egypt. Archeologists have done many years of research and we have learned a lot about it. From papyrus paper, we can tell that the Ancient Egyptians were very intellectual on using their surroundings and what they can find. Ancient Egyptians were very creative, not only did they invent a thick paper used for a writing substance but they also used papyrus for boats, ropes, sandals, chairs, baskets and much more. Ancient Egyptians were also very caring of their supplies because they knew that they shouldn't waste papyrus because they had a limited supply, until new ones are grown, so they would only let scribes who knew the basics of writing write on the papyrus papers. Today we use paper made from trees. Trees have a fiber called “cellulose” which are stuck together by a substance called