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The invention of paper
2004-05-09, 10:38 AM #1
I'm told that paper was invented around 105 A.D. But don't we have literary works from way before that? Written word has been around for long before that date.
So what did people use to write on? I know the Chinese used silk and other types of fabrics to write on. I'm curious about other parts of the world.

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2004-05-09, 10:45 AM #2
Here

Got this from google

Never knew people used to write in vegetation

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2004-05-09, 10:48 AM #3
The egyptians were making paper many years BC...

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2004-05-09, 10:51 AM #4
Yes, on papyrus.

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2004-05-09, 11:07 AM #5
The Romans wrote with sticks on wax.
The Egyptians wrote with sticks on sandstone and clay.

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2004-05-09, 11:13 AM #6
...and papyrus :P

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2004-05-09, 7:46 PM #7
Papyrus is not paper.

The word paper derives from the word papyrus.

They are not the same thing.

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2004-05-09, 9:18 PM #8
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jin:
Papyrus is not paper.

The word paper derives from the word papyrus.

They are not the same thing.

</font>


... did anyone say they were?

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2004-05-09, 9:56 PM #9
I think GBK technically did.

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2004-05-10, 12:14 AM #10
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
The egyptians were making paper many years BC...

Originally posted by SAJN_Master:
Yes, on papyrus.</font>


I was referring to these statements.

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2004-05-10, 12:31 AM #11
The egyptians wrote on papyrus, thus making it their paper.

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2004-05-10, 12:48 AM #12
Yes, papyrus was one of their means for written communication, thus making it their paper. Duh. But they weren't making paper, they were making papyrus.
It's not like they did anything special - everyone was using something as their paper long before the invention of our paper.


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2004-05-10, 10:50 AM #13
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2004-05-10, 10:55 AM #14
Papyrus and Linux both were annoying to use.

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2004-05-10, 3:58 PM #15
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2004-05-10, 4:00 PM #16
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Echoman:
Papyrus and Linux both were annoying to use.

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2004-05-10, 4:04 PM #17
Ancient Pheonicians used to write on the backs of dolphins and send them to the various islands of Pheonicaria. Then they all died out.

The Dolphins, not the Pheonicians, that is.

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2004-05-10, 4:32 PM #18
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2004-05-11, 6:15 AM #19
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jin:
But they weren't making paper, they were making papyrus.
It's not like they did anything special - everyone was using something as their paper long before the invention of our paper.

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Actually I believe they were making paper out of papyrus. People have just corupted the use of the word to include paper made out of papyrus.

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