Ancient Egyptian physicians documented treatments on papyrus, revealing a sophisticated medical system. While most eye ...
Upon digital and infrared inspection, the team discovered the use of ancient correction fluid to trim a drawing on one of the ...
An obscure ancient Egyptian text discovered in the 19th century led to discoveries that rewrote the timeline of early medical ...
Researchers found a 3,300-year-old papyrus where an artist used white pigment to slim a jackal figure. The correction appears in a Book of the Dead created for the royal scribe Ramose. Analysis ...
The illustration depicts the scribe Ramose and a jackal figure that may represent the god Wepwawet. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Ancient ...
While preparing a papyrus for the museum’s upcoming “Made in Ancient Egypt” exhibit, conservators noticed a thick white pigment lining the body of a jackal illustrated in one of the scenes.
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 ...
AL-QARAMOUS, Egypt (Reuters) - A village keeping the ancient Egyptian craft of papyrus-making alive has seen demand for the paper collapse after the novel coronavirus pandemic brought Egypt's foreign ...
A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves. A manuscript discovered in the ...