3 sentences with 'papyrus'

Example sentences and phrases with the word papyrus and other words derived from it.

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« "Long ribbons of fire will envelop Herculaneum and Pompeii", predicted an anonymous papyrus from the year 42, and in 79 the eruption of Vesuvius buried the two cities. »
« Thousands of papyrus documents have been discovered that were simply thrown into holes in the desert and left there; the sand and the climate conspired to preserve them. »
« But among the Dead Sea manuscripts two facts attracted attention. In the Qumran caves the texts were in Greek, while in the other caves the texts were in Hebrew and Aramaic, so that the material could be from a different period. Furthermore, the texts were in papyrus, while the others were dominated by parchment and leather. »

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