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

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

New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in ...

The main defendants, Gadalias and Saulos, stood accused of corrupt dealings, including falsified documents and fictitious ...

Archaeologists discovered a rare Greek-language papyrus in Israel’s Judean Desert, shedding light on Roman legal practices.

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

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled ...

Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.” ...

During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, two Jewish outlaws stood trial for a series of crimes including the freeing of slaves ...

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

A dedicated University of Portsmouth student undertook an extraordinary physical challenge to raise vital funds for PAPYRUS ...