Papyrus hunting in Egypt – a chance to review some herbarium material. 20-21 July 2016

A day was spent working on specimens from the University of Cairo, cataloging, measuring and contemplating ...

The Papyrus material in University of Cairo (CAI) was cataloged, and for the most interesting specimens, morphometrically measured.

^{Working on some herbarium specimens ...}

^{Papyrus specimen from CAI, the University Herbarium.}

Some time was also taken to seek out further examples of Papyrus manufacture, in local shops ...  

_{Manufactured Papyrus, Cairo.  With, center, the shop owner and agriculturalist who grows the Papyrus for this paper near the Fayoum Oasis, south of Cairo.}