A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.
"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.
“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...
Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...
A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the eve of the Bar Kokhba revolt. It provides new insights into Roman legal ...
The mantra of 'detach to protect' often misses a critical point: avoiding emotions doesn’t make them disappear.
Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...
In the 1953 film Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck's characters visit The Mouth of Truth, an ancient sculpture in Rome. "The legend is that if you're given to lying, you put your hand in ...
Unearthed in Upper Galilee, 3rd century CE artifact might prove rumored tensions between Emperor Diocletian and local ...
Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...