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A damp papyrus must be placed under a light weight to dry. These cleaning methods can be used repeatedly until the papyrus is fully treated. [6] After restoring the papyrus, tweezers can be used to align papyrus fragments in place. Then, the papyrus is remounted using either the Stabiltex Sling system or the Polyester Sling system. [12]
Papyrus plant (Cyperus papyrus) at Kew Gardens, LondonThis tall, robust aquatic plant can grow 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 ft) high, [5] but on the margins of high altitude lakes such as Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Tana in Ethiopia, at altitudes around 1,800 m (6,000 ft) the papyrus culms can measure up to 9 m (29 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in length, with an additional 46 centimetres (18 in) for the ...
Papyrus (P. BM EA 10591 recto column IX, beginning of lines 13–17) Papyrus (/ p ə ˈ p aɪ r ə s / pə-PY-rəs) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge. [1]
Cyperus longus [14] [16] Cyperus papyrus (papyrus) [14] Some Cyperus species are used in folk medicine. Roots of Near East species were a component of kyphi, a medical incense of Ancient Egypt. Tubers of C. rotundus (purple nut-sedge) tubers are used in kampō. An unspecified Cyperus is mentioned as an abortifacient in the 11th-century poem De ...
A clock takes people back in time. The first story to use a machine for time travel. [5] 1887 El Anacronópete: Enrique Gaspar: An electrically powered machine takes Don Sindulfo García and his companions back to several places in history. [6] 1887 Looking Backward: 2000–1887: Edward Bellamy
The Cyperaceae (/ ˌ s aɪ p ə ˈ r eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera [3] [4] – the largest being the "true sedges" (genus Carex), [5] [6] with over 2,000 species.
Cyperus alternifolius, the umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the large genus Cyperus of the sedge family Cyperaceae. The plant is native to West Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula, but widely distributed throughout the world. [2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden ...
Tropical water lilies grow in boxes in the tank, including the hybrid Nymphaea × daubenyana named in honour of Professor Daubeny in 1874. Also growing in the house are economic plants including bananas, sugar cane, and rice, and the papyrus reed, Cyperus papyrus, a native of river banks in the Middle East