London — The Herculaneum scrolls have remained one of the many tantalizing mysteries of the ancient world for almost 2,000 years. Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of ...
A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves. A manuscript discovered in the ...
Near the pyramid of King Teti, archaeologists uncovered 54 sarcophagi, a funerary temple, and a five-meter papyrus inscribed with spells from the Book of the Dead. Dating back 3,000 years, the ...