Books made of papyrus were unknown to the Mesopotamians.

人们在美索不达米亚不曾发现过草纸书。

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

还有蕨类植物，苔藓，棕榈树和草。

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

捕鱼量急剧萎缩，纸草也不像以前那样常见。

That's until papyrus scrolls came along.

直到纸草卷轴的出现。

One of the recipients was papyrus sleuth Brent Nongbri.

其中一位接收者是草纸专家布伦特·农布里。

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

大约在公元 14 年，纸草就不再被作木乃伊覆盖板了。

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

他们有文件证明一点，尽管承认他们没有草纸。

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

埃及人纸草写字，种纸是高大水生草科植物的芯或者茎做的。

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

纸草也很容易破裂，但不久之后，罗马人就有了解决办法。

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

令他们高兴的是，他们偶然发现了废弃了 700 年的纸草的垃圾场。

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

“我的消息源是一位曾参与份手稿工作的草纸专家，他的声誉毋庸置疑。”

Demand for papyrus became feverish, and the price soared.

对纸草纸的需求变得狂热，价格飙升。

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

他们在草纸卷轴上写下了他们的“钩子”。

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

他们将数千张羊皮纸和草纸拼凑成数百份文件。

Papyrus was also easy to erase.

纸草纸也很容易擦除。

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

包含各种记录的纸草纸， 而不仅仅是医疗信息，都存放在里。

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

最高的坐落在荒凉、粗糙的碗状物中， 边缘稀疏地长着棕色和黄色的草。

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

人们认为紫色坚果草可能具有抑变形链球菌生长的能力。

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

仰慕者演唱了萨福的翻唱歌曲，并将她的诗歌献给纸草纸、羊皮纸和陶器。

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

作者说，将文字和故事写入草纸卷轴与互联网一样具有破坏性。