The ancient Egyptians published on papyrus and water hyacinth leaves, ... as Iraqis took to their keyboards writing about the last days of former president Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records ...

An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher the ancient messages.

Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated ...

Ancient papyrus fragments have been frequently cut up by unscrupulous antiquities dealers seeking to make more money. An anonymous collector brought King the fragment in December 2011, seeking her ...

Directed by Efthemis Theou, the performance was inspired by the 2022 discovery of a papyrus containing parts of Euripides' lost plays Polyidus and Ino, unearthed during an archaeological excavation in ...