A 1,500-year-old fragment of Greek papyrus with writing that refers to the biblical Last Supper and "manna from heaven" may be one of the oldest Christian amulets, say researchers. The fragment was ...

New research on papyri sheds light on an ancient world with surprisingly modern concerns: including hoped-for medical cures, religious confusion and the need for financial safeguards. A University of ...

Vol. 29, Papers from the thirty-Second meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held in London, 16-18 July 1998 (1999), pp. 67-71 (5 pages) The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the only international ...

What's old is new again. That's the lesson that can be taken from the University of Cincinnati-based journal, "Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists," due out Nov. 1. The annually produced ...