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 ...

Plans are being implemented to create plastic floating islands containing papyrus plants to help protect the ecosystems of a renowned lake in the Rift Valley, Kenya. The German REWE Group is funding a ...

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.

SHARQIYA, Egypt, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- In Qaramos village of Sharqiya province north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, people of different ages can be seen around carrying papyrus sticks from the farms to ...

Wasabi vapours are potent enough to kill fungi growing on painted papyrus fragments – all without damaging the fragile artefacts or altering the appearance of their vivid colours. Fungus can damage ...

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, writing ...

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 ...