But it was with the advent of papyrus paper when the ability to record and transmit information exploded, allowing for an exchanging of ideas from the banks of the Nile throughout the Mediterranean-and the civilized world-for the first time in human history. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. 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 human history.įor our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information.