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egyptians used papyrus to make paper, baskets, sandals, mats, rope, blankets, tables, chairs, mattresses, medicine, perfume, food, and clothes. truly, papyrus was an important "gift of the nile". they even tried to make boats out of papyrus, but that did not work very well. papyrus absorbs water. boats made
sink. using papyrus to make boats might not have worked, but making paper out of papyrus worked very well. the ancient egyptians soaked papyrus to soften it, and then mashed it. they pushed the mashed papyrus together into sheets, and let the sheets dry. then they cut the dried papyrus sheets into strips...
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