Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Nokuda kwavanhu vazhinjisa kupera simba kuchaita kuti vawane mishonga inoderedza marwadzo nezvokudya zvemangwanani zvine mafuta, asi avo vaigara muEgipita yekare vaiva nenzira yakasiana zvikuru. Vanyori venhau dzakaitika vakawana mushonga wemakore 1.900 wokurapa kupera simba wakanyorwa papyrus yekare yokuEgypt. Yakanyorwa nechiGiriki, imwe yemirayiridzo yokurapa inopa zano rokuti ungagadzirisa sei 'kurwadziwa nomusoro kunokonzerwa nokudhakwa' - nemashizha omuti unonzi Alexandrian chamaedaphne, kana kuti dzimwe nguva laurel yokuAlexandria. Rugwaro rwacho runokurudzira kuti mashizha emuti unogara uri mutema, unonziwo Ruscus racemosus, asungwe pamwe chete uye zvichida apfekwe mumutsipa. Iyi papyrus yakawanwa muOxyrhynchus, Egipita, uye ine'mushonga' wokurapa kupera simba. Nepo rugwaro rwacho ruchikurudzira ikoku senzira yokuderedza nayo kutemwa nomusoro kunokonzerwa nedoro, hakuzivikanwi kana kwakanga kune tapuro ipi neipi. Kurapa kwacho kwakawanikwa somugove wenhamburiko iri kupfuurira yokushandura mapepa enhokwe eOxyrhynchus - magwaro anopfuura 500 000 akawanwa mumudziyo wekare wokurasira marara mutaundi reEgipita reOxyrhynchus, anenge makiromita 100 kumaodzanyemba kweCairo. Oxyrhynchus iri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweCairo uye inoonekwa seimwe yenzvimbo dzinokosha zvikuru dzokuchera matongo muEgypt. Yakabudisa muunganidzwa mukuru wemagwaro epapyrus anobva munhambo dzePtolemaic neRoma dzenhau yeEgipita uye pakati pawo pane zvidimbu zvemitambo neEvhangeri yaTomasi. Guta racho rakavakwa rakakomberedza gadziriro yemigero uye vagari vakarasa marara avo pamakomo ane jecha ari pedyo, kubatanidza zvinhu zvakawanda zvakanyorwa sezvo Oxyrhynchus yaitongwa nenzira yehurumende nevaGiriki nevaRoma. Vacheri vamatongo vakawana zvikwangwani zvemitero, mashoko okuverengwa kwavanhu, marisiti, tsamba pamusoro porudzidziso, zvamatongerwe enyika, chiito chemauto uye mabhuku enhoroondo, zvichivapa mufananidzo wakakwana woupenyu hwezuva nezuva. Muna 1896, vanochera vaduku vaviri - Bernard Grenfell naArthur Hunt - vepaUniversity of Oxford vakatanga kuchera nzvimbo yacho ndokusvina marara. Nepo vakanga vane hanya nokuwana mabasa ezvinyorwa zvakakwirira, vakaziva ukoshi hwezvinhu zvezuva nezuva zvinoraswa. Mapepa enhokwe anenge 500 000...
Kurapa kwehangover kwakawanikwa muzvinyorwa zvakawanikwa paOxyrhynchus, Egypt. Magwaro acho aisanganisira'mapepa' matsva 24 okudzivirira kupararira kwemaronda uye kurapa tsviyo, kurwadziwa mazino, gangrene uye zvirwere zvakasiyana-siyana zvemaziso. Chimwe chinyorwa chinopa zano rokurapa 'kurwadziwa nomusoro kunokonzerwa nokudhakwa' nokuroverera mashizha omuti unogara uri mutema unonzi Alexandrian chamaedaphne pamutsipa.