Containing an extraordinary 133 lines of text, an ancient piece of papyrus shows how even Roman government had to deal with fraudsters every now and then, according to a study published in the ...

and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem worked in tandem to showcase this papyrus, which had been in possession of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The ancient canvas highlighted a forgery case in ...

Smith sensed the scroll had great value, and he also suspected the merchant selling the ancient text didn’t recognize its value. Smith purchased the papyrus and returned to buy additional pieces he ...