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Austria's Largest Library Is A Breathtaking Ornate Structure With An Impressive Collection
The Papyrus Museum is the largest and most significant collection of ancient manuscripts. You will be transported to another time and place as you examine texts written on papyrus from over 3,000 ...
Smithsonian Magazine22d
How Archaeologists Discovered Europe’s Oldest-Known Book, Revealing Never-Before-Seen Insights Into Ancient Religion and Philosophy
Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...
Smithsonian Magazine7d
Researchers Have Deciphered a Nearly 2,000-Year-Old True Crime Papyrus
The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The papyrus ...