In the ancient Egyptian period, scrolls were made by using material like papyrus or paper which was extracted from the plant. These Egyptian Scrolls were used for writing, drawing or painting. The purpose of the usage of the Egyptian Scrolls was either to record any sort of information on it or was used for the purpose of ornamentation.

During the ancient Egyptian period, Heiroglyphs was the common pictographic writing style used for writing on base like scrolls, tombs or even on religious texts.

The scrolls used in the early Egyptian era were divided into pages. These pages were at times joined at the edges. For using the scroll, one had to unroll it. Once unrolled a sheet of paper was available for writing or even reading the written context. The other pages of the scroll would be safely rolled up to either side of the sheet that was being used.

There was a difference between a scroll and a roll in the sense of its use. A scroll was meant for repeated use while a roll could be used only for one time. The scrolls were preserved either by merely rolling the papers or some of the scrolls had wooden rollers on each end.

The scrolls were used in a very strict fashion. Only one side of the scroll was marked with horizontal lines which enabled its user to write in a precise way. The side on which the lines were drawn was the same for all the papers.

The scrolls allowed a continuous curve which prevented any specific area on the paper from being stressed upon while being used. Rhind papyrus was a scroll used in ancient Egyptian time for recording mathematical tables and problems.