papyrus

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These were 50 feet high, six feet in diameter, painted with hieroglyphs and topped with gigantic papyrus blossoms.

From Washington Post

What a book is has certainly changed over time, as clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, parchment and quills have given way to codexes, movable type, mechanized printing processes and e-readers.

From New York Times

Elephants slurped papyrus, and a few miles upstream, the forest revealed a setting so tranquil that the loudest noise was startling: a hippo’s sloppy exhale echoing off the water.

From New York Times

Identifiable by a stylized papyrus as her headdress and a stylus in her right hand, Seshat guided the reed pens of scribes as priests communicated with the divine.

From Salon

How Shahin or the curator, both of whom have since died, obtained the papyrus remains uncertain.

From Seattle Times