A white fluid on a 3,300-year-old papyrus was used to make the figure of a jackal slimmer, researchers have found ...

A white-out fluid, found on a 3,300-year-old papyrus, was used to make a jackal appear skinnier, Egyptologists have found.

The ancient Egyptians used a liquid similar to “Tipp-Ex” to correct their sacred texts, experts have discovered. Richly ...

Now, a 3,300-year-old Egyptian text preserved in the British Museum is once again fueling one of the Bible's most controversial debates: were the giants of the Old Testament rooted in real historical ...

A new study has found that wasabi—the spicy green paste that pairs well with sushi—can be used as a tool to conserve ancient papyrus scrolls. Thousands of years ago, papyrus was used to make a number ...

A new study reveals that Japanese horseradish isn’t just good as a sinus-clearing part of a plate of sushi, but is also effective in art conservation. Wasabi vapors have been found to effectively ...

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 ...

Scientists have finally unlocked the secrets of a mysterious 2,000-year-old papyrus document. The strange artifact, which has mirror writing on both sides, has baffled experts for centuries. Written ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have unveiled the earliest known non-biblical, Hebrew-language reference to Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the First Temple in the seventh century B.C. The ...

A team of scholars has used cutting edge technology to piece together sections of a 2,000 year-old scroll damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which killed tens of thousands as it ...