On the banks of Nile, a plant named ‘Papyrus’ was plentily available. Later on the Egyptians used pen and paper Paper, pen, ink and inkpot: The ‘Rosetta Stone’ preserved in the British Museum in London is its classic example. In due course of time their number was reduced and limited to 700 only. At first, the Egyptians used pictures and then they used around 2000 pictographic signs.
