![]() As the German Egyptologist Georg Ebers, known for a famous Ebers Papyrus named after him wrote, “It was of the greatest consequence for Egyptian industrial arts that one of the most useful plants the world has ever known grew in every marsh. There were many things made from this most adaptable and extraordinary plant, which grew in great abundance along the banks and in the marshes watered by the great Nile River. It made an extraordinary and historical impact on the Western world. My lecture this afternoon will be a brief introduction to the vital and indispensable flowering fresh-water reed of ancient Egypt called by its scientific name Cyperus papyrus L (Figure 1). Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L.) Grove in Sicily. ![]() Papyrus: A Blessing Upon Pharaoh, Occasional Paperįigure 1. McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture > Publications and Research Notes > Papyrus: A Blessing Upon Pharaoh, Occasional Paper. ![]()
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