This is an interesting and well-researched look into papyrus paper and the role it played in developing written records and history.

This is a very thorough book about the origin of paper, the papyrus.
There is so much in this book, you are bound to learn something!

I have always been fascinated by anything to do with Ancient Egypt, and this book was no exception! I enjoyed learning more about an aspect I knew little about, but that was so vital to their history and the knowledge that we have today!

History of paper! Perfect for a book lover like myself. I remember learning about the history in maybe 6th grade, then it was repeated in various art classes, then later college courses, but to own a book on the history is too marvelous! What I have always found funny (and really sad) was that so many libraries disposed of their magazine and newspaper collections way back in the 60's and 70's, only to find the film replacements not lasting as long and all those newspapers, on the market, still holding their own. I have books from the 18th century that are still holding well. Paper trumps every device I know of! Wonderfully written and researched.

This book was fascinating but a little dry for my taste. I enjoyed learning about some of the treasures that were included in the book.

I received a free review copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest unedited feedback.

I found this to be a really interesting and informative read. I will admit that I had never really given any thought as to how and why papyrus came to be used, and I liked learning about both how papyrus was produced and how the move from clay tablets to papyrus and then to what we would recognise as paper helped ideas to spread. I had assumed before reading this that papyrus was fragile, and I had assumed that the codices found at Nag Hammandi were written on vellum when in actual fact they were written on papyrus, and it was this use of papyrus that ensured that the codices survived, papyrus being far more durable than vellum.

If you are interested in the history of human communication, and how ideas and civilisation spread then I can definitely recommend this book.

It is a great historical book about the importance of paper. I, a book lover, found this story very interesting.
Thank you Netgalley for this nice read.

I love books that have any relation to books, even if it's a history of papyrus as without it we wouldn't have books. This was a very informative book.

The Pharaoh's Treasure is a informative historical book on papyrus. The author includes photographs and has well researched his subject. The book jumps around a bit, but the subject is very interesting.

I usually read fiction these days but I was caught up so I took a peek at my pre-approved titles and I found a non fiction title that I wanted to try. It's about the history of paper, specifically papyrus based paper. Apparently this is a first book because it is just all over the place. The author starts in the middle, jumps around, and I can't get a sense of what the history really is. There send to be an issue with papyrus vs other paper but it's just blurted out with no lead up. He also gets fairly chatty in place, which an editor should've cleaned up. This all adds up to a title that I wanted to enjoy but couldn't. I do think there's and interesting subject in there somewhere.