Papyrus making workshops transport participants to the ancient world of paper crafting, originating in Egypt 's Nile Delta.

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

and indeed gave most European languages their very word for paper. But it was expensive - a 17-foot roll like the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus would have cost two copper deben, about the same as a ...