"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus." In the 1950s, an ancient papyrus ...

Researcher Uncovers Ancient Papyrus From a Storeroom, Provides Insight Into Criminal Cases in Roman Empire A researcher from ...

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

Nabataean wealth awoke the envy and greed of their neighbors, especially the Seleucids, whose founder had inherited the eastern tranche of the empire of Alexander the Great. The Nabataeans held ...

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire ...

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

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

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

The papyrus revealed how the imperial state dealt with financial crimes - specifically tax fraud involving slaves - in Judaea ...

The discovery shed new light on just how advanced the civilisation that lived in the ancient city of Petra was.

Photograph by Shutterstock Trade in luxury aromatics reached its peak after the Nabataean people took control ... The oasis prospered. The Roman Empire annexed Nabataea in the second century ...

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