Archaeologists have found a collection of ancient letters written on papyrus seemingly featuring correspondence between Roman military commanders in an "extremely rare" discovery. The documents were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Written in Greek on an age-worn scrap of papyrus, it’s a letter from a woman named Sarapias to her son-in-law, Erminos. Her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists estimate the "curse tablet," made from a folded lead sheet and inscribed with proto-alphabetic characters, may be ...

Simon and Marie de Brienne were the 17th century's most active postmaster and postmistress, delivering personal and political letters alike across Europe. But the Briennes also had a secret. In ...

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A letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that "adds significant insights into the social changes" from pagan beliefs to Christianity in the Roman ...

Archaeologists excavating a 1,800-year-old pet cemetery in Berenike uncovered the writings of soldiers and other artifacts, photos show. Photo from M. Osypińska via Institute of Archaeology of the ...

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