The Egyptians used papyrus reeds from the banks of the river nile to make paper and baskets. They also used papyrus reeds to make sandals, furniture and small boats. Some of the boats found in tombs were made of papyrus reeds to help the dead person travel to the afterlife. Hope that answers your question!
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It is best known as the ancient Egyptians' writing paper. But they also used it for boats, mattresses, mats, rope, sandals, and baskets.
They did. Egyptians would use the papyrus to make boats, sandals, baskets, paper, and even to wrap their pharohs mummified bodies! As you see the Papyrus was very useful to the Egyptians! Thanks!
Egyptians did not make paper using paper. They used Papyrus for making a sheet to write. The way paper is made since last 2000 years, papyrus sheet made in Egypt is not paper.Egyptians cut out the core of the papyrus plant then they compressed the sheets together after soaking them. Then they laid them beside each other overlapping them to let them dry in the sun.Visit www.paperonweb.com for anything paper
The Egyptians were able to make a type of paper from papyrus.