The knowledge of writing is not very old compared to human history. It was only invented 5,000 years ago. It is one of the ...

Archaeologists discovered a papyrus that instructed the women on how to take this ancient pregnancy test, this papyrus dates from the New Kingdom era between 1500 and 1300 BCE. Which means that the ...

The papyrus containing the only word written by Cleopatra herself that has survived to the present day. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In the display cases of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin ...

Human History 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals Gripping Case About Roman Tax Fraud and Forgery A newly-studied ancient papyrus is so detailed it could be an episode of Law & Order, Roman style.

The Papyrus The Papyrus The Euripidean text dates to the 3 rd century CE. It is written on the back of a land survey from the late 2 nd century CE or early 3 rd century CE. It contains an excerpt from ...

The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives a chance for musicians and artists to tell us about the song that made them who they are. This week, we talked to Casual – he was a founding ...

For the first time in a hundred years, archaeologists unearthed a 16-meter-long papyrus in an ancient Egyptian necropolis.

A newly analyzed papyrus has revealed a remarkable case of forgery and financial fraud in the Roman Empire, offering scholars an unprecedented glimpse into the legal and administrative machinery ...

The Derveni Papyrus is of immense importance not only for the study of Greek religion and philosophy, which is the basis for the western philosophical thought, but also because it serves as a proof of ...