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In ancient China.

Many believe that papyrus was the earlist form of paper, make thousands of years ago by the ancient Egyptians (from where we get the word 'paper'), but papyrus is not true paper as we would understand it. Papyrus is made from the papyrus reed, a plant growing on the banks of the nile, which, when beaten and soaked, is spread out in strips and a second layer glued on top, with the strips at right angles for added strength.

True paper is made from fibrous material that is reduced to individual fibres (eg wood pulp or plant fibre like cotton), mixed in water, and cast into sheets, pressed and then dried. This 'true' paper was invented by the ancient Chinese at about the same time as papyrus was invented, but as it is a true paper, the Chinese win the prize for inventing what has become one of humanity's greatest ever inventions.

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