Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the Dead papyrus recently discovered in Saqqara. The 10 images show ancient illustrations of gods ...

The World’s Oldest Papyrus and What It Can Tell Us About the Great Pyramids Ancient Egyptians leveraged a massive shipping, mining and farming economy to propel their civilization forward ...

In ancient times, Cyperus Papyrus, commonly known as Papyrus, grew along the Nile River. The Egyptians had many uses for the plant, including making baskets, furniture, boats, and ropes. Also ...

“The earliest boats, houses and temples were made from the stems of papyrus,” he writes. “Papyrus rope was used to move monuments, build pyramids, and craft items around the house.

Well-known as a writing material in ancient Egypt, papyrus had many more uses, according to ecologist Gaudet in this encyclopedic history of the swamp-dwelling plant. Indeed, Gaudet maintains that ...

Papyrus—made from the stems of the plant Cyperus papyrus—was used in the ancient world for baskets, sails, and boat-making in addition to being a popular writing material.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 52-foot-long (16 meters) papyrus containing sections from the Book of the Dead. The more than 2,000-year-old document was found within a coffin in a tomb ...

Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll.