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The Egyptians used papyrus to make paper. We get our word paper from papyrus. They cut the stem into long thin slices and kept them wet. They pressed the slices on top of each other to make a large thick mat. Then they could write on the dried mat.
The little boat that Moses's mother made to hide him inmaybe was made of papyrus. The Pharoah had ordered all Hebrew male babies killed. He was afraid of the large number of Hebrews. Miriam, his sister, watched baby Moses in the papyrus boat. When the princess came to the river to wash, she found the baby and raised him as her own son.
Papyrus is a tough reed that grows in the marshes by the Nile River. It was used for many things by ancient Egyptians. They made boats for transportation on the Nile with it. They made furniture for their homes with it. They made their homes, especially the roofs, with it.