Papyrus Australia Limited (ASX:PPY), a AUDA$3.94M small-cap, is a basic materials company operating in an industry which is sensitive to changes in the business cycle, as it supplies materials for ...

The humble plant that grows in the Nile had a huge impact on the written word in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and thereby on the cultures of the rest of the world. A small museum in Cairo shows how ...

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 ...

An eagle-eyed expert has stumbled upon a fragment of what is thought to be part of the world's oldest book. Conservator Theresa Zammi Lupi discovered a notebook page from ancient Egypt — dating back ...

The scrolls documenting ancient Egyptian life have made a commercial comeback in Cairo A medieval breeze laced with the scents of flowers and spices will accompany you on your way through the narrow ...

Paper, invented in China around the 2nd century BCE, did not spread to the rest of the world until much later, as it remained within the country for half a millennium, and it wasn’t until the 11th ...

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is hosting a new exhibition that reintroduces papyrus, one of Egypt’s most ancient ...

Jesus of Nazareth is at the center of some of the largest religions in the world, but a Harvard professor believes he had a wife, unknown until recently. Karen King claimed in 2012 that a fragment of ...