An extraordinary, lengthy document dated to around 130 A.D. chronicles a legal case from ancient Judaea. The details point to two individuals being guilty of fraud, forgery, and slave trade. The ...

Back in 2014, a researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem rediscovered an ancient papyrus while organizing a storeroom in the Israel Antiquities Authority’s Dead Sea Scrolls Unit. Once ...

After an initial blank space, the papyrus’ first scene shows Ahmose worshiping Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead, researchers said. The rest of the scroll includes 150 columns written ...

Papyrus—made from the stems of the plant Cyperus papyrus—was used in the ancient world for baskets, sails, and boat-making in addition to being a popular writing material.

Archeologists recently recovered a nearly 16-meter (52-foot) long ancient Egyptian papyrus writing from a tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. The writing — which is more than 2,000 years old — was found inside a ...

A Greek philosopher’s musings on pleasure, contained in ancient papyrus scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius’s eruption 2000 years ago, have been rediscovered with the help of AI ...

The lawsuit, filed in 2021, stems from seven sales of allegedly stolen fragments of ancient Egyptian papyrus by Obbink to Hobby Lobby—to be featured in the company’s Washington, DC institution ...

How Wasabi Can Help Preserve Ancient Papyrus Researchers say the green horseradish-like paste can fight fungal infections without damaging fragile pigments. Julia Binswanger - Daily Correspondent.

Scientists have brought all manner of cutting-edge tools to bear on deciphering badly damaged ancient texts like the Herculaneum scrolls. For instance, in 2019, German scientists used a ...

“Papyrus” walks readers through how the library protected the works of Catullus, Homer, Horace and Virgil, but also how it was a hub for Greek and Roman scholarship as well as an inspiration ...

After an initial blank space, the papyrus’ first scene shows Ahmose worshiping Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead, researchers said. The rest of the scroll includes 150 columns written ...