Papyrus

material · 3000 BC · Ancient world

A writing material made from papyrus stems.

History: what it evolved from and what it influenced

• Paper — evolved into. Paper displaced papyrus and parchment as a cheap writing material.

Things built in a similar way

• Paper — works like. Both are thin sheets of plant material, but papyrus does not go through a pulp stage.

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