Accompanied by the original music of Cornelius Selamsis, the performance presents a narrative and musical composition at the intersection of theatre and archaeology. The scenic space is designed by ...

NEW DISCOVERIES OF PAPYRI.; Excavations at Oxyrhynchus Reveal An- cient Documents -- Latin Papyrus of the Third Century Found.

The charred scrolls of Herculaneum, buried under the ash of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, were long thought to be undecipherable. But new technology has allowed researchers to see what’s ...

Ancient Philadelphia and Greek Papyri from EgyptBasem Gehad has been directing excavations at the Ancient Philadelphia Necropolis in the Egyptian Fayoum since 2016. His team has cleaned tombs that ...

These names already give us a sense that papyrus was commonly used in the classical world as well, which is why a large part of what has been preserved is not just Egyptian. We have papyri written in ...

Basem Gehad found three papyri fragments and asked CU professor Yvona Trnka-Amrhein if she could translate them. Upon deciphering the fragments, she realized that they contained portions of lost plays ...

In the majestic ancient library, the wisdom of Greek and Roman culture wasn’t revered in silence.

The papyrus offers new insights into Roman law in the Greek-speaking eastern empire, referencing the governor of Iudaea's assize tour and compulsory jury service.

Archeologists have uncovered a set of court documents for an ancient Roman tax fraud and forgery case in the then-province of Judea connected to sham transactions involving the sale and manumission of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old pyramid in the Judean Desert which was filled with immaculately preserved artifacts such as weapons, beads, and papyrus documents.

The knowledge within ancient scrolls known as the Herculaneum papyri has now become accessible. This has Classicists chomping at the bit.

This article was originally published with the title “Greek Papyri in Egypt” in SA Supplements Vol. 38 No. 974supp (September 1894), p. 15566 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican09011894-15566bsupp ...