Paper is made of pulp.
There are several sources of plant material that can be made into paper pulp:
they used a thin paper substance to preserve the bodies
Paper and very thin plastic.
The Romans did not have paper. Paper was invented by the ancient Chinese. The Romans used papyrus for their writing material. They also used wax tablets and on occassion, thin pieces of wood.
Cellophane paper is not typically used to make books. It is a thin, transparent film made of regenerated cellulose and is more commonly used for packaging and wrapping food items or as a protective covering. Books are usually made with paper or synthetic materials.
ultra white thin paper , used for magazines and other standards journals
Bible paper was used at the end of WW II. Cigarette paper is simply thin paper.
it's a square of thin cloth that is used if paper diapers are not used.
papyrus ----------- You could not actually make paper from the papyrus plant. What you made was also called papyrus and was essentially a thin flexible form of plywood.
The reason some paper towels are thick and some are thin is because it might use a lot of trees to make it.
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Carbon paper is used. It is thin and can be traced on easily, and when applied correctly, transfers very smoothly.
The Egyptians did not make paper (that was the Chinese) they stacked wet slit papyrus reed stems crosswise forming a thin flexible plywood like material when it dried, called papyrus that was used to make scrolls that could be written on.