An expert who specialises in the area of ancient manuscripts has claimed an ancient Egyptian scroll provides evidence which ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

These include the first known writing systems in Uruk over 5,000 years ago, incised in cuneiform clay tablets, as well as ancient Egyptian ... of ancient papyrus or parchment scrolls.

The ancient Egyptians protected missives by rolling up the papyrus scrolls. Because paper was so expensive, for many centuries letters were usually just folded, sealed and sent that way.

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus ... and its flowers often appear on ancient papyrus scrolls. Scholars have long hypothesized that the lilies, when soaked in ...

The first mental illness attributed to women, and one of the most prolific for four millennia, was so-called “female hysteria.” An amalgamation of symptoms that would be considered both mood and ...

Around four and a half thousand years ago, the Ancient Egyptians (or just the Egyptians ... as they also discovered an ancient scroll, or a papyrus, which told of how one official, known as ...

In a landmark project, scientists use AI and X-rays to uncover texts of ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried by the eruption of ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

Scans of 18 ancient papyri that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius look ‘very promising’, and there are plans to ...