A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

The Romans oversaw one of the largest and most important empires in history – these are the most extraordinary treasures they ...

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated from Nabataean, an ancient Arabic language.

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

The mantra of 'detach to protect' often misses a critical point: avoiding emotions doesn’t make them disappear.

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...