PHARAOH’S TREASURE: THE ORIGIN OF PAPER AND THE RISE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, John Gaudet, Ph.D.
Just published from Pegasus Books! “A lively overview of a medium that was central to public and private life in the ancient world.An engaging journey to the distant past.”– Kirkus Reviews A thought-provoking history of papyrus paper―from its origins in Egypt to its spread throughout the world―revealing how it helped usher in a new era of […]
Gaudet
A Fulbright Scholar to both India and Malaya, the late John J. Gaudet was a writer and practicing ecologist. His early research on the ancient aquatic plant, papyrus, funded in part by the National Geographic Society, took him to Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, and many other places in Africa where papyrus grows. His work has […]