Archeologists unearthed a 52-foot-long ancient Egyptian papyrus writing which was more ... Book of the Deadwhich was distributed over 150 columns of different measurements and several lines ...

A team involved in the Vesuvius Challenge, a competition offering prize money to anyone who can help unlock the delicate scrolls, says it has virtually unwrapped the papyrus to reveal columns of ...

THE GOLDMINE PAPYRUS. DATE: ca. 1151–1145 B.C. MATERIAL: Papyrus. Dimensions: 9 feet by 1.3 feet. FOUND: Deir el-Medina, Egypt. The world’s oldest known geological map is a nine-foot-long ...

Now known as the Edwin Smith Papyrus, this ancient text has given scholars a greater understanding of medical practices in ancient Egypt. The exact origins of the Edwin Smith Papyrus aren’t known, but ...

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 ...

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek ...

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating ... They ultimately pieced the fragments into 26 surviving columns of text, all with their bottom ...