Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

The main defendants, Gadalias and Saulos, stood accused of corrupt dealings, including falsified documents and fictitious ...

Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. More than 60 per cent of the ...

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

Calliope Limneos-Papakosta, director and founder of the Hellenic Research Institute of Alexandrian Civilization, who is ...

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...