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Researchers Have Deciphered a Nearly 2,000-Year-Old True Crime Papyrus
The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire ...
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Experts Publish Stunning Pictures From 52-Foot-Long 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Scroll, Call It “Papyrus for the Dead”
The papyrus was kept on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and researchers believed that this artifact would be essential in understanding the ancient belief systems of Egyptian ancestry.
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How Archaeologists Discovered Europe’s Oldest-Known Book, Revealing Never-Before-Seen Insights Into Ancient Religion and Philosophy
Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...