A faded fragment of papyrus known as the “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife,” which caused an uproar when unveiled in 2012 by a Harvard Divinity School historian, has been tested by scientists who conclude in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An argument has broken out over the authenticity and significance of an ancient text that makes explicit reference to Jesus having a wife. Karen King, a professor and expert in the history of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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