papyrus. Reeds were also woven together to make things like baskets and even boats. With so much of life depending on the river it's no wonder that the Ancient Egyptians gave The Nile its very own ...

This piece of papyrus from the mid-Third Century BCE describes a period of famine in Egypt that occurred when the Nile River failed to flood for several years in a row. It was collected from the ...

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