Egypt
This is an article on the huge dicsovery of the Oxyrhynchus papyri which contained thousands of fragment from Egypt's Greco-Roman period. The collection is so huge that it has been impossible to translate the hoard of documents.
Among the documents found contain many famous lost works by authors like Euripides, Herotudos and Plato.
- The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Lxxi (online Preview)
What's New in Papyrology The following post comes from the above blog focusing on “recent publications of papyri & ostraca 4th BC-8th AD; conferences, lectures etc”. If this field is of interest, this is a very good site to bookmark. Saturday,...
- 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...
- More On The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/features/hype.php An article which describes some of the responses to The Independent's article about the Oxyrhynchus papyri: "Unearthed from centuries-old garbage dumps in central Egypt in the late 19th century,...
- More On The Oxyrhynchus Papyrii
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0425_050425_papyrus.html "Salvaged from an ancient garbage dump in Egypt, the collection is kept at Oxford University in England. Known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, the collection includes writings by great...
- 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....
Egypt
Reading the Oxyrhynchus Papyri
This is an article on the huge dicsovery of the Oxyrhynchus papyri which contained thousands of fragment from Egypt's Greco-Roman period. The collection is so huge that it has been impossible to translate the hoard of documents.
Among the documents found contain many famous lost works by authors like Euripides, Herotudos and Plato.
- The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Lxxi (online Preview)
What's New in Papyrology The following post comes from the above blog focusing on “recent publications of papyri & ostraca 4th BC-8th AD; conferences, lectures etc”. If this field is of interest, this is a very good site to bookmark. Saturday,...
- 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...
- More On The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/31/features/hype.php An article which describes some of the responses to The Independent's article about the Oxyrhynchus papyri: "Unearthed from centuries-old garbage dumps in central Egypt in the late 19th century,...
- More On The Oxyrhynchus Papyrii
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0425_050425_papyrus.html "Salvaged from an ancient garbage dump in Egypt, the collection is kept at Oxford University in England. Known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, the collection includes writings by great...
- 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....