Recently, a papyrus was unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority. It offers rare insights into ...

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

Orphism’s parallels with Christianity make the papyrus an especially interesting window into the spiritual practices emerging in the area at the time. In addition to the religious insights the ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...

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

There, in Luxor, he bought this papyrus, which turns out to be the largest mathematical text we know, not just from Egypt but from anywhere in the ancient world. As it is extremely sensitive to ...

Archaeologists discovered a rare Greek-language papyrus in Israel’s Judean Desert, shedding light on Roman legal practices.

Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.” ...

There, in Luxor, he bought this papyrus, which turns out to be the largest mathematical text we know, not just from Egypt but from anywhere in the ancient world. As it is extremely sensitive to ...