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 ...

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is hosting a new exhibition that reintroduces papyrus, one of Egypt’s most ancient ...

The scrolls documenting ancient Egyptian life have made a commercial comeback in Cairo A medieval breeze laced with the scents of flowers and spices will accompany you on your way through the narrow ...

From left, Beth Doyle, head of conservation for Duke University Libraries carefully moves a 2nd century B.C. papyrus painting on a strip of Egyptian mummy cartonnage (papyrus strips used in Egyptian ...