You can see three types of marginal signs in the left margin of the second column. One indicates change of speaker; the second indicates overlaps between the papyrus text and the tradition of ...

According to a recent analysis of a 1,900-year-old papyrus from ancient Rome, taxes and tax evasion have existed for millenia. "It was an incredibly lucky rediscovery that brought this ...

Le Papyrus cyperus est une plante semi-aquatique originaire d’Egypte. Ses tiges peuvent atteindre 5 m dans les meilleures conditions, portant des touffes de feuillage fin en leur sommet.

There, in Luxor, he bought this papyrus, which turns out to be the largest mathematical text we know, not just from Egypt but from anywhere in the ancient world. As it is extremely sensitive to ...