Fragments of two lost ancient Greek plays by playwright Euripides found in Egypt were remade into a play combining theater / ...

Accompanied by the original music of Cornelius Selamsis, the performance presents a narrative and musical composition at the ...

Gorgias the philosopher challenged reality, truth, and knowledge in ancient Greece, centuries before modern nihilism emerged.

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 ...

Deciphering the papyrus and reconstructing its intricate narrative posed major challenges to Dr. Dolganov. “The letters are tiny and densely packed, and the Greek is highly rhetorical and full ...

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 official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave Sonja Anderson - Daily Correspondent March 27, 2025 ...

The longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judean Desert, which sheds new light on a legal drama that unfolded in Israel nearly 2,000 years ago, has now been published for the first time. Over the ...

Archaeology breakthrough as 1,900-year-old papyrus sheds light on ancient criminal case The document is the longest Greek document found in the Judean Desert, spanning over 133 lines of written text.

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.

At the same time, the papyrus provides insight into a cultural and intellectual environment in which Roman law, Greek rhetoric, and Jewish life meet.” The authors believe the study of the ...

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