Unlike earlier writing materials like clay tablets, papyrus paper was lightweight, flexible, and easy to store. It ...

AL-QARAMOUS, Egypt (Reuters) - A village keeping the ancient Egyptian craft of papyrus-making alive has seen demand for the paper collapse after the novel coronavirus pandemic brought Egypt's foreign ...

Wasabi vapours are potent enough to kill fungi growing on painted papyrus fragments – all without damaging the fragile artefacts or altering the appearance of their vivid colours. Fungus can damage ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Storm Team 4’s meteorologist Liz McGiffin caught up with Alyssa Cassabaum-Smith, a scientist at COSI, to do an activity similar to how ancient Egyptians made paper. In ancient ...

Archaeologists at Egypt’s ancient Oxyrhynchus site have discovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus ...