His interest in damaged texts began years ago with a cache of old Roman scrolls unearthed ... Though in much better condition than the Roman scrolls, the Hebrew parchment offered its own challenges.

Some forgeries have expert lettering on parchment as old as the actual scrolls themselves, Schiffman said. “It’s possible some of this is coming from caves where people were able to locate ...

DNA analysis is common for old objects, but most old objects are brittle and deteriorating ... a researcher from North Carolina State began work on analyzing lots and lots of medieval scroll parchment ...

Less than one-tenth of a millimeter thick, the parchment ... somewhere near the old Mandelbaum Gate leading to what was Arab Jerusalem. Wine & Olives. Also contained in the scroll are lengthy ...

Unlike the typical humanities researcher, however, Tim Stinson explores beyond merely what's written on centuries-old ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, published in the journal PLOS One, researchers have identified the author and title of an ancient text that lay sealed inside a charred scroll for nearly 2,000 years.

What this particular scroll is discussing is still unknown, but I believe it will soon be revealed. An old, new story that starts for us with ‘purple’ is an incredible place to be.” ...

JERUSALEM -- A rare Old Testament manuscript about 1,300 years ... from which almost no Hebrew manuscripts survive. The parchment is believed to have been left in the Cairo Genizah, a vast ...

Around the same time, the poet Martial described in his works books in the form of codices, praising their convenience due to the ease of reading they provided and their space-saving nature compared ...