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

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus." In the 1950s, an ancient papyrus ...

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

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 ...

Learn more about the papyrus that contains detailed medical procedures from Ancient Egypt.

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...

The historic text was written on a scroll of papyrus – a material similar to paper, made from the pith of the papyrus plant – found in the Judean desert. Consisting of 133 lines of text in ...

Discover how Luke Farritor, a brilliant young innovator, solved the mystery of a 2,000-year-old scroll and is now ...