Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...
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 ...
Court documents from an ancient tax fraud and forgery case show that tax evasion was an issue even 2,000 years ago.
Archaeologists in Switzerland just unearthed a Roman amphitheater dating to the fourth century A.D. — making it the youngest ...
"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.
A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.