Egypt
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=634679
"A newly discovered fragment of the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament indicates that, as far as the Antichrist goes, theologians, scholars, heavy metal groups, and television evangelists have got the wrong number. Instead of 666, it's actually the far less ominous 616."
Read the article for the full story.
- Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Revealed
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/63063Thanks very much to Chris Townsend for this article from 14th February, which I missed:"Three BYU professors have uncovered mysteries in ancient Egyptian writings aided by new technology that allows people to see inscriptions...
- Update: Oxyrhynchus Papyri And The Trojan Wars
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/chi-0505190301may19,0,7572249,print.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines "In the past few weeks alone, researchers have succeeded in deciphering a 70-line fragment from a lost tragedy by Sophocles and a 30-line fragment...
- Oxyrhynchus Papyri Decoded - Important Breakthrough
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=630165 "For more than a century, it has caused excitement and frustration in equal measure - a collection of Greek and Roman writings so vast it could redraw the map of classical civilisation....
- More On The Bahariya Mummies
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=592527 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041213/ap_on_sc/egypt_mummies_3 As well as other mummies dating to the late periods in Egypt, the tomb of a Governor of the oasis Bahariya...
- Fit For A Pharaoh: 'fake' Vase Is 5,000 Years Old
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=548420 An unusual predynastic vase in Harrogate Museum, originally part of a private collection, which has long been thought to be a fake has been scientifically tested and found to be the...
Egypt
Oxyrhynchus: 666 is not the number of the beast
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=634679
"A newly discovered fragment of the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament indicates that, as far as the Antichrist goes, theologians, scholars, heavy metal groups, and television evangelists have got the wrong number. Instead of 666, it's actually the far less ominous 616."
Read the article for the full story.
- Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Revealed
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/63063Thanks very much to Chris Townsend for this article from 14th February, which I missed:"Three BYU professors have uncovered mysteries in ancient Egyptian writings aided by new technology that allows people to see inscriptions...
- Update: Oxyrhynchus Papyri And The Trojan Wars
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/chi-0505190301may19,0,7572249,print.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines "In the past few weeks alone, researchers have succeeded in deciphering a 70-line fragment from a lost tragedy by Sophocles and a 30-line fragment...
- Oxyrhynchus Papyri Decoded - Important Breakthrough
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=630165 "For more than a century, it has caused excitement and frustration in equal measure - a collection of Greek and Roman writings so vast it could redraw the map of classical civilisation....
- More On The Bahariya Mummies
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=592527 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041213/ap_on_sc/egypt_mummies_3 As well as other mummies dating to the late periods in Egypt, the tomb of a Governor of the oasis Bahariya...
- Fit For A Pharaoh: 'fake' Vase Is 5,000 Years Old
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=548420 An unusual predynastic vase in Harrogate Museum, originally part of a private collection, which has long been thought to be a fake has been scientifically tested and found to be the...