Why was papyrus so important to the ancient Egyptians?

Answer 1

It gave them something to write on that was thin, yet durable, that could be rolled. Also it could be carried easily, compared to the clay tablets they used to write on, It was over 100 times the weight so it is very light.
they need to write on sumthin

Answer 2

No offense or anything but I don't think they invented it. I'm preety sure it's a fruit. but I was reading something and it there was something called Papyrus paper that they invented is that what you mean??

Answer 3

Because the Ancient Egyptians didn't have paper back then. They used the Papyrus plant and created a paper of their own, and also made arts of the Lotus flower and Tutankhamun's Tomb.

Answer 4

The benefits of papyas was in later was known to be paper to the egyptians because back then they didnt have paper

Answer 5

Papyrus helped the Egyptians with their resources because, since it was lighter, it was easier to store then stone tablets. It also catalogued better, although it didn't have much durability.

Answer 6

It provided a cheap and portable source for recording written texts, compared with hammering into stone and preparing animal hides for parchment.