The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

The document is the longest Greek document found in the Judean Desert, spanning over 133 lines of written text.

A new discovery from the Roman empire outlines a juicy case of second-century crime. Containing an extraordinary 133 lines of ...

New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in ...

A papyrus discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls Laboratory provides a fascinating glimpse into the judicial system of the Roman ...

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...

Sometimes the most significant historical discoveries happen by accident. When Professor Hannah Cotton Paltiel volunteered to ...

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

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

The papyrus revealed how the imperial state dealt with financial crimes - specifically tax fraud involving slaves - in Judaea ...

Scientists then used AI to piece together the images, search for ink that reveals where there is writing, and enhance the ...