Books made of papyrus were unknown to the Mesopotamians.

美索不达米亚不曾发现过莎草纸书。

And the ferns, and the mosses, and the palms and the sedges.

还有蕨类植物，苔藓，棕榈树和莎草。

The fish harvest is disappearing and papyrus is not found near as before.

捕鱼量急剧萎缩，纸莎草也不像以前那样常见。

That's until papyrus scrolls came along.

直到纸莎草卷轴出现。

One of the recipients was papyrus sleuth Brent Nongbri.

其中一位接收者是莎草纸专家布伦特·农布里。

Papyrus ceased to be used to make mummy cartonnage in around AD14.

大约公元 14 年，纸莎草就不再被用来制木乃伊覆盖板了。

They had the paperwork to prove it, though admittedly, not the papyrus.

他有文件证明这一点，尽管承认他没有这个莎草纸。

The Egyptians wrote on papyrus, a kind of paper made from the pith or the stems of tall aquatic cyperaceous plants.

埃及用纸莎草写字，这种纸是用高大水生莎草科植物芯或者茎做。

The papyrus would also crack easily, but before long, the Romans had a solution.

纸莎草也很容易破裂，但不久之后，罗马就有了解决办法。

To their delight, they hit upon rubbish dumps in which 700 years' worth of papyrus had been discarded.

令他高兴是，他偶然发现了废弃了 700 年纸莎草垃圾场。

" My source is a papyrologist who worked on the manuscript, a man whose reputation is unimpeachable."

“我消息来源是一位曾参与这份手稿莎草纸专家，他声誉毋庸置疑。”

Demand for papyrus became feverish, and the price soared.

对纸莎草纸需求变得狂热，价格飙升。

They wrote their " hooks" on scrolls of papyrus paper.

他莎草纸卷轴上写下了他“钩子”。

They pieced together thousands of pieces of parchment and papyrus into hundreds of documents.

他将数千张羊皮纸和莎草纸拼凑成数百份文件。

Papyrus was also easy to erase.

纸莎草纸也很容易擦除。

Papyri containing all kinds of records, not just medical information, are stored here.

包含各种记录纸莎草纸， 而不仅仅是医疗信息，都存放这里。

The highest are set in bleak, rough bowls, scantily fringed with brown and yellow sedges.

最高坐落荒凉、粗糙碗状物中， 边缘稀疏地长着棕色和黄色莎草。

It’s believed purple nut sedge may have the ability to inhibit the growth of Streptococcus mutans.

认为紫色坚果莎草可能具有抑制变形链球菌生长能力。

Admirers performed Sappho cover songs and committed her poetry to papyrus, parchment, and pottery.

仰慕者演唱了萨福翻唱歌曲，并将她诗歌献给纸莎草纸、羊皮纸和陶器。

The committing of words and stories to papyrus scrolls was, the author says, as disruptive as the internet.

者说，将文字和故事写入莎草纸卷轴与互联网一样具有破坏性。