Books made of papyrus were unknown to the Mesopotamians.

人们在美索不达米亚不曾发现过莎草书。

One of the recipients was papyrus sleuth Brent Nongbri.

其中一位接收者是莎草专家布伦·农布里。

Grab your papyrus, Thoth, so you can take notes.

拿起你的莎草，，这样你可以做笔记了。

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

捕鱼量急剧萎缩，莎草也不像以前那样常见。

That's until papyrus scrolls came along.

直到莎草卷轴的出现。

At present, just over 20 papyri are displayed on the museum's website, out of 5,000.

目前，博物馆网站上展示的莎草只有 20 多张，总数有 5000 张。

The virtual unrolling of this scroll revealed substantial parts of the papyrus, including several columns of text.

这幅卷轴的虚拟展开图像揭示了莎草上的大部分内容，包括几列文字。

It could be argued that these empires were made possible by the use of official records on papyrus.

我们可以推论说这两个地区的王国可能是因为用草来作官方纪录才得以建立。

Whoever allegedly stole and sold the papyri " broke that trust, and thumbed their nose at the system, " she said.

她说，无论是谁涉并出售莎草，“都打破了这种信任，对这种（信任）体系嗤之以鼻”。

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

莎草也很容易破裂，但不久之后，罗马人就有了解决办法。

Archimedes' writings were originally done on papyrus scrolls.

阿基米德的着作最初是在莎草卷轴上完成的。

Demand for papyrus became feverish, and the price soared.

对莎草的需求变得狂热，价格飙升。

What is a woman in comparison with an Alexandrian papyrus?

与亚历山大莎草相比， 女人算什么？

This was extremely fortunate, since later on, the original papyrus scrolls disappeared.

这非常幸运, 因为后来原始的莎草卷轴消失了。

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，并将她的诗歌献给莎草、羊皮和陶器。

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

他们将数千张羊皮和莎草拼凑成数百份文件。

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

包含各种记录的莎草， 而不仅仅是医疗信息，都存放在这里。

That created a strong contrast between papyrus and ink, making the writing more legible.

这在莎草和墨水之间形成了强烈的对比，使文字更加清晰。

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

埃及人用莎草写字，这种是用高大水生莎草科植物的芯或者茎做的。

Paper made from papyrus, however, was difficult to make and expensive.

然而，用莎草制成的制造起来很困难，而且价格昂贵。