NBC4 Columbus

Connecting with COSI: Making Papyrus Paper

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 ...
Post and Courier

Papyrus relative looks good, and makes paper, too

Zoe, the young daughter of a friend of mine, finds my houseplants more interesting than beautiful. She really perked up when she learned that a plant she asked about was papyrus. School kids know that ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Use beautiful papyrus relative to make paper, too

Zoe, the young daughter of a friend of mine, finds my houseplants more interesting than beautiful. And I agree that some — my climbing onion, rabbit’s foot fern and staghorn fern, for example — are at ...
Hebdo Ahram

Egyptian villagers struggle to keep art of papyrus-making viable

Papyrus, used as a writing surface by the ancient Egyptians, is the main livelihood for residents of a Nile Delta village A village keeping the ancient Egyptian craft of papyrus-making alive has seen ...
Yahoo

One Egyptian company is keeping the 5,000-year-old art of papyrus-making alive — here's what it's like inside

Ancient Egyptians invented papyrus paper 5,000 years ago, and today, one village in Egypt is dedicated to reviving the industry. But with major blows to the Egypt's tourism industry in the 21st ...