Papyrus making workshops transport participants to the ancient world of paper crafting, originating in Egypt 's Nile Delta.

A segment of the ancient Greek Derveni Papyrus. Credit: Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki The Derveni papyrus, an ancient Greek papyrus roll from the era of Philip II of Macedon’s reign—probably ...

After over a decade of development, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has opened its doors-partially. In late October, GEM ...

“We're going to be looking at some of the materials from the Middle East collection, notably some Arabic papyrus fragments,” said Lyuba Basin, rare books librarian at J. Willard Marriott Librar ...

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Old Egyptian Mummy With ‘Black Death’ DNA, May Have Spread by Fleas on Nile Rats Researchers have finally managed to confirm ...

2024 was a landmark year for the art world, with museums around the ... it’s all about ancient Egypt. The exhibition is bringing together over 200 incredible items from the V&A archives, many ...

An ancient papyrus, initially dismissed as a shopping list, reveals early stories about Jesus. Source: University Library of Hamburg Back in mid-2023, researchers at the University of Hamburg ...

On the ceiling, a painting shows the goddess Nut surrounded ... Archaeologists previously recovered three ancient Egyptian fragments of papyrus, dating from 113 AD to the 4th century, from this ...

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Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists ...