May 24, 2009 15:13 by
megWe often have regular visitors to the Discovery Centre whom we like to get to know a little.
A couple of weeks ago, Jo and I got into a conversation with one of our regulars about Ancient Egypt and he was telling us that he had a papyrus plant growing in his garden (papyrus is a plant that commonly grows along the banks of the Nile river in Egypt that the Ancient Egyptians used to make an early form of paper). He asked us if we'd like to see some of his papyrus.
Anyway, the weeks passed by, and then just this week, our regular visitor suddenly appeared in the doorway of the centre with an enormous bunch of papyrus which he presented to Jo and I as a gift. He also brought with him a photocopy of an article detailing how the Ancient Egyptians took this plant and turned it into paper suitable for writing on.
Photo: Meg Lomax Source: Museum Victoria
Normally, its our job to provide information to others, but it was quite a nice experience to have one of our visitors provide some information to us!
Photo: Meg Lomax Source: Museum Victoria
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