This is the most famous mathematical papyrus to have survived from Ancient Egypt. It contains 84 different mathematical problems - such as how to distribute 100 loaves of bread among a workforce in ...

“There’s blood everywhere Lo, the River is blood.” These more ancient words are not as direct. To be read out of the Ipuwer Papyrus, this haunting line has engendered scholarly dispute and religious ...

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 ...

Greeting card and stationery chain Papyrus is closing its stores in another blow to the ailing industry. Most of the 254 closings will take place over four to six weeks, said Dominique Schurman, CEO ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (made around 3,500 years ago) found in Thebes, Egypt In seven houses ...

An ancient Egyptian manuscript may prove the biblical 10 plagues described in the Book of Exodus. Known as the Ipuwer Papyrus, the document takes the form of a poetic lament attributed to a scribe ...

A new study reveals that Japanese horseradish isn’t just good as a sinus-clearing part of a plate of sushi, but is also effective in art conservation. Wasabi vapors have been found to effectively ...

It seemed real; it seemed fake; it seemed real again; now we’re back to fake. “It” is the controversial little scrap of papyrus, written in Coptic, that seems to have Jesus referring to “my wife,” in ...

Papyrus, a mall staple that’s best known for selling stationery and upscale greeting cards, is going out of business. Schurman Fine Paper, which owns the brand, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

“Saturday Night Live” fans were puzzled to see a tease telling viewers to go online to see “Papyrus 2,” a sequel to host Ryan Gosling’s cult favorite sketch from 2017. The sketch sequel wasn’t even ...