Did Jesus have a wife? It's a question experts, researchers and believers have debated for years. A new study may point toward "yes." Researchers at Columbia University have started running new tests ...

A British scholar has called the ancient papyrus claiming that Jesus had a wife a 'fake'. New Testament scholar Professor Francis Watson of Durham University says the fragment, which caused an ...

ROME — It served first as a notebook for ancient painters and then as part of a mummy’s wrapping. Now, a 1st century BC parchment believed to contain the earliest cartography of the Greek-Roman era ...

A noted religious scholar doubts the veracity of a papyrus text that purports to reveal that Jesus had a wife — but includes a typo. REUTERS A noted religious scholar doubts the veracity of a papyrus ...

Researchers have revealed the fascinating contents of a 1,500-year-old Egyptian papyrus, which was uncovered near the pyramid of Pharaoh Senusret I in 1934. The papyrus contains formulas for prayers ...

A team of German scientists has used a combination of cutting-edge physics techniques to virtually "unfold" an ancient Egyptian papyrus, part of an extensive collection housed in the Berlin Egyptian ...

The logo is seen at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland March 29, 2017. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann The secrets of a mysterious 2,000-year-old papyrus have finally been revealed after years of ...

Since the 16th century, Basel has been home to a mysterious papyrus. With mirror writing on both sides, it has puzzled generations of researchers. A research team has now discovered that it is an ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare, 2,700-year-old papyrus with Hebrew script that had been looted from a cave in the Judean ...