When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An unreadable wad of ancient papyrus remained tucked away in a Swiss university's collection for ...

In September 2012, Karen L. King, a professor of divinity at Harvard University, revealed the discovery of a fourth-century papyrus fragment in which Jesus refers to a wife. It was a big deal at the ...

For the first time in a hundred years, archaeologists excavating in Saqqara, Egypt, have discovered a 16-meter-long ancient papyrus, as reported first by Arkeonews. A woman looks at papyrus on March 6 ...

A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians ...