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 Manufactring
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| The Cyperus papyrus plant grows along the banks of the Nile's fresh water. It has long roots and stems and the ancient Egyptians used it in building ships and making paper to record history, inventories & other government affairs. |
 The
word Papyrus in Egyptian came to be Paper in modern languages. Over
time, the technique for manufacturing papyrus was long forgotten,
but in the late 1940's, a well-known Egyptologist rediscovered the
secret of how the Papyri were made 3000 years ago. |
 The
outer bark of the papyrus plant is removed and the inner pith sliced
into thin strips, which are subsequently hammered to break the fibers
and drain the water . They are then reimmersed into ordinary water
for 3 days until the fibers become flexible and transparent. |
 The
papyrus strips are cut to the required lenth and placed on a piece
of cotton, each at a slight overlap making two layers.
"one horizontal and the other vertical". |
 The
papyrus sheets are put between two pieces of cardboard and placed
under a hand press to be squeezed and left in the sun until dry. The
cardboard is changed every 8 hours and the drying process takes about
3-4 days. |
 Finally,
the papyrus sheets are ready for painting pictures, sending correspondence
or recording all kinds of events using oil or gauche colors, inks
or paint in the ancient Egyptian written language (now called Hieroglyphic
language). |
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