These stunning and historic photos document the painstaking excavation of the Sphinx, capturing moments frozen in time that ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Photos of the papyrus fragments. Credit: Sara Stabile / CC BY 4.0 A rare set of 18 ancient scrolls from the ruins of Herculaneum, preserved for nearly two thousand years by volcanic ash, has arrived ...

Pictures have some advantages over the syllabic writing systems we are used to. ... the idea of "scrolling" on a webpage or app hearkens back to the unspooling of ancient papyrus or parchment scrolls.

Photos of the older papyrus fragments PHerc.1103. Credit: Sara Stabile / CC BY 4.0 A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll has been virtually “unwrapped” for the first time, revealing Greek text hidden ...

Ancient Papyrus Unveils Roman Forgery, Fiscal Fraud. ... The new papyrus furnishes a strikingly direct view of Roman jurisdiction and legal practice, as well as important new information about a ...

In 2023 and 2024, internet users shared photos that purportedly showed an ancient Egyptian coffin lid featuring a painting of Marge Simpson, the long-suffering matriarch in FOX animated series ...

The papyrus was discovered at the ancient site of Philadelphia in Egypt, and the law prohibits physically removing any artifacts from the country, so Trnka-Amrhein had to rely on high-resolution ...

Papyrologists, scientists who study manuscripts and ancient literature, recently deciphered an ancient fragment of papyrus from the fourth or fifth century, discovering it was actually the oldest ...

Ancient Egyptians believed diseases were a punishment from the gods, but they were nonetheless adept at medical care, using fresh meat, honey, lint and a host of herbs to treat wounds, for example.