Papyrus

Connected Sites

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Garamba National Park papyrus swamps
Pompei The Herculaneum papyri: These papyri were found in Herculaneum in the eighteenth century, carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (wiki)
Syracuse Papyrus museum (by the end of the 18th century Syracuse had started to produce papyrus, ... on the Ciane River, of the only papyrus plants in a natural state in Europe)
iSimangaliso Wetland Park the Mkuze and Mfolozi swamps with swamp forest, extensive reeds and papyrus wetlands (AB ev)

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