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What Ancient Egyptians people used the papyrus to make paper?

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Ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, and a number of other people used papyrus to make paper. It was used for centuries. The plant is a sedge. In the United States a plant called a cattail is also a sedge and could be used to make papyrus paper. It was used at the dawn of writing some 6,000 years ago. Early versions of the New Testament used it some 1800 years ago.

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