In ancient times, Cyperus Papyrus, commonly known as Papyrus, grew along the Nile River. The Egyptians had many uses for the plant, including making baskets, furniture, boats, and ropes. Also known as ...

Imagine hot summer nights along the Nile. That great river's edges are lined with thickets of papyrus, a bullrush of singular beauty that has become inextricable from the aesthetic of ancient Egypt.

African papyrus is a versatile plant that can be used for a number of DIY projects, including making rustic stools ...

Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Now ...

John Gaudet looks and sounds like he could have walked right out of a Graham Greene novel, or maybe written one of those classic African explorer books. Seventeen years on the continent for the Rhode ...

SALT LAKE CITY — FOX 13 News got a unique opportunity to look back in time with the J. Willard Marriott Library preservation department at the University of Utah. “We're going to be looking at some of ...

To make sure your papyrus bookmark lasts long, apply a protective coating like clear varnish or sealant. This will protect it ...

The plant: Several years back I went on a tour featuring horticulture businesses in the Valley. We stopped at the “office” of award-winning interior plant designer Ray Brooks, known as the boojum tree ...

For the first time in a hundred years, archaeologists excavating in Saqqara, Egypt, have discovered a 16-meter-long ancient papyrus, as reported first by Arkeonews. A woman looks at papyrus on March 6 ...

For millennia humans have used the papyrus sedge. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Researchers in ...