The Derveni papyrus, an ancient Greek papyrus roll, is considered to be Europe's oldest surviving readable manuscript.

This is a fun and engaging topic for kids to get involved with so let us share with you a fun project for making papyrus paper at home. This early form of paper was made using the papyrus plant ...

and if you look closely you can see the fibres of the papyrus plant. Making papyrus is laborious but in fact, quite straightforward. The plant itself - a kind of reed that can grow to about 15 ...

The separate sheets were then glued together, dried in the sun, attached to one or two sticks or wooden cylinders, rolled up around them, thus making a roll or scroll. Papyrus was cheap but not ...

and if you look closely you can see the fibres of the papyrus plant. Making papyrus is laborious but in fact, quite straightforward. The plant itself - a kind of reed that can grow to about 15 ...