Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.

and if you look closely you can see the fibres of the papyrus plant. Making papyrus is laborious but in fact, quite straightforward. The plant itself - a kind of reed that can grow to about 15 ...

You need to adept your manufacture and your offerings to the current marketing situation -- how about growing papyrus or an ostrich farm? Sandstorms, water shortages or annoying crocodiles shouldn ...

The papyrus, named P. Cotton in recognition of Prof. Emerita Hannah Cotton-Paltiel’s discovery, contains 133 lines of Greek text and is the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judean Desert.

Smith purchased the papyrus and returned to buy additional pieces he later identified as a continuation of the scroll. Now known as the Edwin Smith Papyrus, this ancient text has given scholars a ...

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 ...