The Egyptians cut the triangular green stalk close to the waterline and eliminated the flowering head. Thanks in large part to scientific analysis, conservation examinations and modern attempts at papyrus making by researchers, curators and conservators we have unlocked some of the basic secrets ancient Egyptian papyrus making. Nor do we know the tools and equipment which might have been used by the workshops producing the papyrus sheets. Any one of these sub-species could have affected the quality and finish of a papyrus sheet. We don’t know whether the ancient Egyptians used wild or cultivated Cyperus papyrus plants of which there are many sub-species. Ironically, by the 20 th century this plant no longer existed in Egypt though it has since been imported and cultivated. Papyrus is made from the sedge plant, Cyperus papyrus which grows in shallow water and was so abundant in ancient Egypt it was the source not only for the manufacture of flexible writing supports but for many everyday items such as shoes, coverings, boats, and food. AD papyrus making becomes extinct and the secret of its fabrication appeared to be lost.
Unfortunately, this description is ambiguous and so lacking in details it has led many to believe Pliny never actually saw the process first hand. attempts to describe the process of papyrus making. Only one document by Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XIII, written in the 1 st c. Pictorial displays in tomb murals and carvings never reveal the process of sheet formation, though often depict the papyrus plant. Although the making of papyrus as a writing support is almost 5,000 years old, not a single written description by the Egyptians exist to explain their process.
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