福克斯新闻 考古学家发现古老的椒盐卷饼

The snacks are believed to date back to sometime between 1700 and 1800.

这种零食被认为可追溯到1700和1800年间。

They were unearthed¹ during a dig on the banks of the River Danube in Regensburg, Germany at the site of an old bakery.

而德国雷根斯堡多瑙河这家老面包店正挖掘出土的就是那段历史。

Archaeologists believe they'd simply been thrown out because they were burnt.

考古学家相信因为被烤坏所以它们被扔掉。

But it's that crispiness that allowed them to survive so long.

但正是这种脆度让它们得以留存至今。

The main thing experts are taking away from the discovery-is that it seems pretzels 300 years ago…were the same size as the ones we still eat today.

专家们对这款300年前椒盐卷饼的发现感到惊讶的是它和我们现今仍然吃的是同一种尺寸。

The fragments² are now on display in a local museum.

这些碎片现在正在当地博物馆展出。

1 unearthed   

出土的（考古）

参考例句：

• Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

2 fragments   

n.碎片( fragment的名词复数 )；片段；（将文件内容）分段；（文艺作品等）未完成的部分

参考例句：

• Police found fragments of glass near the scene. 警方在现场附近发现了玻璃碎片。
• They have found several fragments of a Roman vase in the area. 在这一地区他们发现了一只罗马瓷瓶的碎片。 来自《简明英汉词典》