A NORTH Wales cyber-businessman yesterday told how he helped recreate an ancient library for Angelina Jolie ' s latest Hollywood blockbuster. Kevin Roxburgh, who runs Saltney- based Egyptian Dreams, supplied two and half tonnes of papyrus for epic movie Alexander the Great. Mogul Oliver Stone produced the film, also starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell. The sandals and swords epic, just released in America, is expected to hit British screens in January. Kevin, married to wife Sabine with three step-daughters, was called out of the blue by London's Pinewood film studios looking for authentic Egyptian paper. Kevin said: "It was unbelievable. The props manager working on the film had been trawling the world looking for someone who could supply, of all things, blank sheets of papyrus. "It was the very first paper manufactured by mankind made from reeds growing at the side of the River Nile." "He said he needed 200 sheets and could I send him some samples." "A couple of weeks went by and I thought nothing was going to happen. Then the phone rang and they were on ordering 40,000 sheets. "Because of my contacts I managed to source a supplier who could still produce reed paper in this ancient way and meet their demand." Kevin's Egyptian-made paper features in scenes set in the Great Library of Alexandria. It was founded by Alexander's general Ptolemy II, who ruled Egypt in the third century BC. The library was said to hold thousands of scrolls and was often frequented by Aristotle, but was burned to the ground by Julius Caesar in 47 BC. The film tells the story of Alexander, a Macedonian king who conquered the then known world before his death aged just 33. The 36-year-old said: "I am just hoping to get an invite to the opening night. Perhaps they will need some more papyrus to put the invites on!" | 
