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<h1>Ancient Egyptian Botanical</h1>
<h2>Plants divine, wild, and domesticated</h2>
The plantlife of Egypt today is not quite the same as it was millennia ago. Climate changes occurred which caused the desertification of the savannah-like areas of what is the Sahara nowadays, when few plants flourish beyond the flood plain of the Nile.
The growth of the human population and its need for agricultural produce led to the disappearance of the once vast areas of wild vegetation. The most famous victim of these changes was the papyrus plant, which has been re-introduced on a small scale in the 20th century.
Many of the plants were useful to the Egyptians, some as food, others for their medicinal qualities, and a few for their beauty.
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