Monday, January 5, 2009

the questions that make you think

why do you think the eygyptions desided that papyrus was the plant to be made into paper?

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

what to do when you see papyrus


If you see papyrus you should pick it and sell it to the museum of something. Ppapyrus is found in Egypt and some parts of Africa and and around those places. You should go in the season of July because that is the season of the flood.

Monday, December 15, 2008

the steps to making papyrus



Making papyrus is not a cake walk it is hard. You must weight till flood season than go pick you up some papyrus. You need about two papyrus plants to make a single sheet of paper. You need to pull the leaves of the stem than smash them into a poulp. than lay it out than let it dry.
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Papyrus is a speshal plant only found along the nile, mainly in the season of the flood. I now this is weried but they eat mainly all there food comes from plants like papyrus.

Friday, December 12, 2008

all the things used from papyrus

Papyrus was also used for weird things like food, paper, blankets, knivevs and medicine. Infact, the stem was used to make the first light.

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Papyrus, a fun plant that can be made into Egyptian paper. Papyrus is a plant that doesn't look like it could be made into anything. They made the paper by using a big hammer to pound it to the bark, than they flip it than pound that side too. Also what i think is cool is the stem was used to make there vary own light.Add Image