The first in the history of mankind felt-tip pen was invented in Ancient Egypt. The proof was found by archaeologists in the tomb of Tutankhamon. It was a brass handle inserted in her lead the pointed tube, inside of which was a reed, zapomnivshayasya ink. Ink seeped through the fibres of the stem, there was castrandom the end and the writing left a clear mark on the papyrus. This was the progenitor of all modern pens.