Ancient Egyptians made an early version of plant-based paper using papyrus — which is where the word "paper" comes from. They ...

The end is nigh for well-known stationary chain Papyrus. On Thursday, its parent company, The Schurman Retail Group, which also owns sister stores Paper Destiny and American Greetings/Carlton ...

and indeed gave most European languages their very word for paper. But it was expensive - a 17-foot roll like the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus would have cost two copper deben, about the same as a ...