Papyrus Today
Saturday, October 12, 2013
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Green Umbel Award - for outstanding service to Nature or Music Bundles of papyrus flowers make a rustling noise when shaken, from...
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Vanishing Lakes of Africa
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The first map shows Lake Chad in northern Africa in 1963. Since 1964, the lake level has continuously fallen with the surface area reducing ...
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Uganda to Allow Drilling in the African Queen Papyrus Swamp
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The film masterpiece African Queen directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn and Robert Morley was shot in ...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Pollution in the Gardens of Papyrus
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Back in Cairo again dealing with the dust in the air and on every surface; time to think about the amazing degree of air, water and noise po...
Friday, December 18, 2009
Alexandria and How Papyrus Helped Build Western Civilization
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I stood yesterday on the spot of sidewalk in Alexandria where it is said that the Ptolemys built the Great Library of Alexandria. They began...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Alexander’s City By The Sea
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On arrival I have to ask myself why I am here. This is important as there are a great number of distractions in this city. It starts as I am...
Monday, December 14, 2009
Take Me to Alexandria
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Woke in a dark hotel room to the sound of a horse. Sounded like it was in the room. No, it was the rhythmic clip-clop of metal shoes on th...
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