Papyrus plants in Europe only grow at Syracuse: this is why beginning with late 18th century in this town experiments were made to re-discover the method used in ancient times to crete papyrus paper. Here is a 19th-century drawing by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michelangelo_Politi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Michelangelo Politi (page does not exist)">Michelangelo Politi</a>, sketched on a papyrus sheet created by him. Here the paper is rather brown, since mistakenly adult trunks were used, rather than young ones, as in Ancient times. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Museo_del_papiro_a_Siracusa" class="mw-redirect" title="Museo del papiro a Siracusa">Papyrus museum (Syracuse)</a>. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, March 19, 2014.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>
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<span class="int-own-work">Self-photographed</span>