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The humble plant that grows in the Nile had a huge impact on the written word in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and thereby on the cultures of the rest of the world. A small museum in Cairo shows how ...

In 2014, a researcher realized that the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert was not what it seemed. The newly translated scroll reveals extraordinary details of a judicial hearing ...

The papyrus plant is native to the marshy borders of the Nile River in Egypt. It is a tall, stately plant, growing up to 8 feet in height. The triangular stem grows out of a clump; under the stem lies ...