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Researchers Have Deciphered a Nearly 2,000-Year-Old True Crime PapyrusBack in 2014, a researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem rediscovered an ancient papyrus while organizing a storeroom in the Israel Antiquities Authority’s Dead Sea Scrolls Unit. Once found ...
“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...
A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...
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Ancient papyrus documenting ‘best Roman court case since Jesus’ trial’ found in desert caveSometimes the most significant historical discoveries happen by accident. When Professor Hannah Cotton Paltiel volunteered to ...
Archaeologists discovered a rare Greek-language papyrus in Israel’s Judean Desert, shedding light on Roman legal practices.
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1,900-year-old papyrus 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.
New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in ...
"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.
Court documents from an ancient tax fraud and forgery case show that tax evasion was an issue even 2,000 years ago.
A remarkable papyrus recently unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority offers unprecedented ...
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