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In 2014, a researcher realized that the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert was not what it seemed. The newly translated scroll reveals extraordinary details of a judicial hearing ...

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The mystery of a 2,000-year-old scroll has been deciphered by researchers - who finally figured out that it's all about sex. Specifically, it relates to a proposed medical condition called "hysterical ...

On October 26, the Israel Antiquities Authority unveiled a 2,700-year-old papyrus that mentions the city of Jerusalem. The papyrus was not found during official excavations so its origin is uncertain.

Some newly recovered papyrus fragments may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding new light on ancient Egyptian history. Found stored between two sheets of glass in the basement of the ...

An incredible 1,900-year-old papyrus sheds light on an ancient criminal case involving forgery, tax fraud and slaves from the Roman empire. This papyrus, which was discovered in the 1950s but remained ...

Hundreds of ancient papyrus scrolls that were buried nearly 2,000 years ago after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius could finally be read, thanks to a new technique. The X-ray-based method can be used to ...

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Researchers have finally deciphered a 1,900-year-old scroll describing a tense court case during the Roman occupation of ...

A woman cuts papyrus at a workshop in the village of Al-Qaramus in Egypt's northern Nile Delta region on July 28. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP AL-QARAMUS, Egypt－In the lush green fields of Egypt's fertile Delta ...

A small fragment of faded papyrus contains a suggestion that Jesus may have been married. The fragment, with just eight lines of text on the front and six lines on the back, is from a fourth-century ...