The humble plant that grows in the Nile had a huge impact on the written word in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and thereby on the cultures of the rest of the world. A small museum in Cairo shows how ...

An undisturbed cemetery dating back thousands of years has been uncovered in Egypt, where a copy of the Book of the Dead has ...

The latest scroll to emerge from the ash of Vesuvius does not tidy up Stoicism so much as complicate it, by setting a rival philosophy’s private doubts alongside the public ideal of unshakable virtue.

Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, Italy(Fotonews/Splash News/Corbis) Herculaneum’s Villa of the Papyri was one of the most luxurious Roman properties to have been buried by the eruption of Mount ...

The Derveni Papyrus found in Greece is of immense importance and was registered by UNESCO in 2015 as the oldest handwritten ...

For the next several months, some of the oldest religious texts in history will be on display in D.C. at the Museum of the Bible.

Highlights include: a special week-long series to mark IDEAS 60th anniversary; learning about farming in the north and Indigenous food sovereignty; IDEAS contributors share their recommendations on ...

Hernias are an ancient ailment. And modern medicine still debates the best ways to repair or live with them. One of the earliest references appears in the Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian medical scroll ...

Scrolls Before Swine is a Thievery gig where you’re stealing security cam footage for an NCPD sergeant. You’ll need to break into a Maelstrom gang warehouse to get footage of where they torture people ...

An old trick tied to Oblivion Remastered’s chests has returned in unexpected form, and it could teach The Elder Scrolls 6 a very important lesson. While many Elder Scrolls fans might be cheering ...

Sorcery scroll of the Carian royal family, the heads of the Academy of Raya Lucaria. Can be given to a learned sorcerer to gain access to sorceries. The Royal House Scroll is a Key Item in Elden Ring ...