Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled a unique papyrus from the collections held by the Israel Antiquities ...

A papyrus Tallet found at Wadi al-Jarf from 2,600 B.C., the world’s oldest, refers to the “horizon of Khufu,” or the Great Pyramid at Giza. Courtesy of Pierre Tallet ...

A 3,500-year-old cemetery in Egypt with 'Book of the Dead' papyrus and mummies has been uncovered, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

“Papyrus 2” opens with Steven in a group therapy session. He continues to cope, looking to avoid the font on the rare occasions it pops up in real life, such as a man printing flyers.

A papyrus scroll recovered from a Roman villa, carbonized by scorching volcanic gas almost two thousand years ago. Courtesy of the Vesuvius Prize and the University of Kentucky.

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a unique papyrus from the collections held by the Israel Antiquities ...

Historians have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus discovered in the Judean desert that details an elaborate tax evasion scheme, forgery and fraudulent sale and manumission of slaves by two men.

In ancient Egypt, people used softened papyrus, a grass-like plant, to absorb their menstrual blood—sort of like an early tampon. The oldest historical record of period management, it’s also ...

Archaeologists in Saqqara found an ancient, well-preserved papyrus scroll with spells from the Book of the Dead written on it, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...